Weather, Climate and Climate Change : Human Perspectives

著者名：O'Hare, Greg/Sweeney, John/Wilby, Rob

Routledge（2014/05/22発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367092931
• eISBN：9781317904816

Description

A timely and accessible analysis of one of the most crucial and contentious issues facing the world today – the processes and consequences of natural and human induced changes in the structure and function of the climate system.

Integrating the latest scientific developments throughout, the text centres on climate change control, addressing how weather and climate impact on environment and society.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Mass Components of the Climate System
3. Energy in the Climate System
4. Motions of the Climate System
5. Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
6. Changes in the Climate System
7. Modelling the Climate System
8. Weather, Climate and Climate Change of the High Latitudes
9. Weather, Climate and Climate Change of the Mid Latitude Oceanic Margins
10. Weather, Climate and Climate Change of the Mid Latitude Continental Interiors
11. Weather, Climate and Climate Change of the Low Latitudes
12. Human Adjustment to Climate Change