Clouds in the perturbed climate system : (Record no. 72860)
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| control field | 6267202 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220712204557.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 151223s2009 mauab ob 001 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780262255448 |
| -- | ebook |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| -- | elelelectronic |
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| 082 04 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call Number | 551.57/6 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Clouds in the perturbed climate system : |
| Sub Title | their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1 PDF (xv, 597 pages) : |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Str�ungmann Forum reports |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| Remark 1 | Forum held June 2-7, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | More than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing longwave thermal radiation. Latent heating and cooling related to cloud processes modify atmospheric circulation, and, by modulating sea surface temperatures, clouds affect the oceanic circulation. Clouds are also an essential component of the global water cycle, on which all terrestrial life depends. Yet clouds constitute the most poorly quantified, least understood, and most puzzling aspect of atmospheric science, and thus the largest source of uncertainty in the prediction of climate change. Because clouds are influenced by climate change, and because complex, unidentified feedback systems are involved, science is faced with many unanswered questions. This volume begins by indentifying and describing the baffling nature of clouds. It explores the boundaries of current knowledge on the spatial/temporal variability of clouds and cloud-related aerosols as well as the factors that control clouds, and examines the extent and nature of anthropogenic perturbations. Particular emphasis is given to the connections of clouds to climate through radiation, dynamics, precipitation, and chemistry, and to the difficulties in understanding the obvious but elusive fact that clouds must be affected by climate change. Utilizing the insights of this unique gathering of experts, the book offers recommendations to improve the current state of knowledge and direct future research in fields ranging from chemistry and theoretical physics to climate modeling and remote satellite sensing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| General subdivision | Dynamics |
| 700 1# - AUTHOR 2 | |
| Author 2 | Heintzenberg, J. |
| 700 1# - AUTHOR 2 | |
| Author 2 | Charlson, Robert J. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267202 |
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| Koha item type | eBooks |
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| -- | MIT Press, |
| -- | c2009. |
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| -- | [2009] |
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| -- | online resource |
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| -- | Description based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Cloud physics |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Clouds |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Climatic changes |
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