This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building
blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of
Earth, the climates of Solar System planets, and the climates of
extrasolar planets. These building blocks include thermodynamics,
infrared radiative transfer, scattering, surface heat transfer and
various processes governing the evolution of atmospheric composition.
Nearly four hundred problems are supplied to help consolidate the
reader's understanding, and to lead the reader towards original
research on planetary climate. This textbook is invaluable for
advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in atmospheric
science, Earth and planetary science, astrobiology, and physics. It
also provides a superb reference text for researchers in these
subjects, and is very suitable for academic researchers trained in
physics or chemistry who wish to rapidly gain enough background to
participate in the excitement of the new research opportunities
opening in planetary climate.
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ISBN
9780511993930
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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