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The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System
Author | : Kevin E. Trenberth |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2022-01-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781108838863 |
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Elegant, novel explanation of climate change, emphasizing physical understanding and concepts, while avoiding complex mathematics, supported by excellent color illustrations.
Energy Flows Material Cycles and Global Development
Author | : Georg Schaub,Thomas Turek |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2010-12-13 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9783642127366 |
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The book deals with the global flows of energy and materials, and changes caused by human activities. Based on these facts, the limitations of anthropogenic energy and material flows and the resulting consequences for the development of human societies are discussed. Different scenarios for lifestyle patterns are correlated with the world ́s future development of energy supply and climate. The book provides a process engineering approach to the Earth system and global development. It requires basic understanding of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, and provides an insight into the complex matter for readers ranging from undergraduate students to experts.
Energy and Water Cycles in the Climate System
Author | : Ehrhard Raschke,Daniela Jacob |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Atmopsheric physics |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822016453029 |
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Observing and Modeling Earth s Energy Flows
Author | : Lennart Bengtsson,Symeon Koumoutsaris,Roger-Maurice Bonnet,Richard P. Allan,Claus Fröhlich,Jost Heintzenberg,Paul Ingmann,Robert Kandel,Norman G. Loeb,Brian Soden,Kevin E. Trenberth |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-08-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401779708 |
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This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth’s energy flows and their consequences for the climate. The Earth’s climate as well as planetary climates in general, are broadly controlled by three fundamental parameters: the solar irradiance, the planetary albedo and the planetary emissivity. Space measurements indicate that these three quantities are remarkably stable. A minor decrease in planetary emissivity is consistent with theoretical calculations. This is due to the ongoing increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases making the atmosphere more opaque to long wave terrestrial radiation. As a consequence radiation processes are slightly out of balance as less heat is leaving the Earth in the form of thermal radiation than the incoming amount of heat from the sun. Present space-based systems cannot yet satisfactorily measure this imbalance, but the effect can be inferred from the measurements of the increase of heat in the oceans. Minor amounts of heat are also used to melt ice and to warm the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth. The book brings to fore the complexity of feedback processes of the Earth’s climate system and in particular the way clouds and aerosols affect the energy balance both directly and indirectly through feed-back loops driven by the dynamics of atmospheric, ocean and land surface processes. The book highlights recent scientific progress as well as remaining challenges. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 33, Nos. 3-4, 2012
Observing and Modeling Earth s Energy Flows
Author | : Lennart Bengtsson,Symeon Koumoutsaris,Roger-Maurice Bonnet,Richard P. Allan,Claus Fröhlich,Jost Heintzenberg,Paul Ingmann,Robert Kandel,Norman G. Loeb,Brian Soden,Kevin E. Trenberth |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-12-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400743270 |
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This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth’s energy flows and their consequences for the climate. The Earth’s climate as well as planetary climates in general, are broadly controlled by three fundamental parameters: the solar irradiance, the planetary albedo and the planetary emissivity. Space measurements indicate that these three quantities are remarkably stable. A minor decrease in planetary emissivity is consistent with theoretical calculations. This is due to the ongoing increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases making the atmosphere more opaque to long wave terrestrial radiation. As a consequence radiation processes are slightly out of balance as less heat is leaving the Earth in the form of thermal radiation than the incoming amount of heat from the sun. Present space-based systems cannot yet satisfactorily measure this imbalance, but the effect can be inferred from the measurements of the increase of heat in the oceans. Minor amounts of heat are also used to melt ice and to warm the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth. The book brings to fore the complexity of feedback processes of the Earth’s climate system and in particular the way clouds and aerosols affect the energy balance both directly and indirectly through feed-back loops driven by the dynamics of atmospheric, ocean and land surface processes. The book highlights recent scientific progress as well as remaining challenges. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 33, Nos. 3-4, 2012
Demystifying Climate Models
Author | : Andrew Gettelman,Richard B. Rood |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2016-04-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9783662489598 |
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This book demystifies the models we use to simulate present and future climates, allowing readers to better understand how to use climate model results. In order to predict the future trajectory of the Earth’s climate, climate-system simulation models are necessary. When and how do we trust climate model predictions? The book offers a framework for answering this question. It provides readers with a basic primer on climate and climate change, and offers non-technical explanations for how climate models are constructed, why they are uncertain, and what level of confidence we should place in them. It presents current results and the key uncertainties concerning them. Uncertainty is not a weakness but understanding uncertainty is a strength and a key part of using any model, including climate models. Case studies of how climate model output has been used and how it might be used in the future are provided. The ultimate goal of this book is to promote a better understanding of the structure and uncertainties of climate models among users, including scientists, engineers and policymakers.
Climate Systems
Author | : Julie Kerr Casper |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Climatology |
ISBN | : 9780816072606 |
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A study of global warming, discussing the elements of Earth's climate system, the carbon cycle, plate tectonics, the flow of energy, planetary and global motions in the atmosphere, local motions in the atmosphere, ocean currents, the global warming issue, and what global warming means for the future.
Atmosphere Clouds and Climate
Author | : David Randall |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2012-05-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780691143750 |
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The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. Giving readers an overview of key atmospheric processes, the author of this book looks at how our climate system receives energy from the sun and sheds it by emitting infrared radiation back into space. The atmosphere regulates these radiative energy flows and transports energy through weather systems such as thunderstorms, monsoons, hurricanes, and winter storms. The author explains how these processes work, and also how precipitation, cloud formation, and other phase changes of water strongly influence weather and climate. He discusses how atmospheric feedbacks affect climate change, how the large-scale atmospheric circulation works, how predicting the weather and the climate are fundamentally different challenges, and much more.