Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate Paperback - 2012

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An essential primer on atmospheric processes and their important role in the climate system

The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader-friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work, written by a leading expert on the subject.

Giving readers an overview of key atmospheric processes, David Randall 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. Randall 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. This is the ideal introduction for students and nonspecialists. No prior experience in atmospheric science is needed, only basic college physics.

Authoritative and concise, Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate features a glossary of terms, suggestions for further reading, and easy-to-follow explanations of a few key equations. This accessible primer is the essential introduction to atmospheric processes and the vital role they play in our climate system.

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"In this book, one of the leaders of the field condenses a huge amount of climate theory into a very small space. This is done in an informal narrative style with a minimum of equations and other hard technical details, but with a serious dedication to constructing a coherent and logical storyline without glossing over essentials. I have not seen another book like this."--Adam Sobel, Columbia University

"Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate achieves a good balance between intuitive physical reasoning and more formal arguments where necessary. This lucid book gives a tour of the most important atmospheric processes determining climate."--Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology

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Title Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate
Author David Randall
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 288
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date 2012-05-06
Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
ISBN 9780691143750 / 0691143757
Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
Library of Congress subjects Clouds, Climatology
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011047912
Dewey Decimal Code 551.6

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David Randall is professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University.

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Paperback / softback. New. The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader-friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work. It looks at how our climate system receives energy from the sun and sheds it by emitting infrared radiation back into space.