Future climates of the world : a modelling perspective

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Title:

Future climates of the world : a modelling perspective

Author:

Henderson-Sellers, A.

ISBN:

9780444893222

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995.

Physical Description:

xxv, 608 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.

Series:

World survey of climatology ; v. 16

Series Title:

World survey of climatology ; v. 16

Contents:

Ch. 1. Climates of the Future / A. Henderson-Sellers -- Ch. 2. Modelling the Response of the Climate System to Astronomical Forcing / A. Berger -- Ch. 3. Warmer Worlds: Global Change Lessons from Earth History / E. J. Barron -- Ch. 4. Catastrophe: Impact of Comets and Asteroids / M. R. Rampino -- Ch. 5. Observations from the Surface: Projection from Traditional Meteorological Observations / P. D. Jones -- Ch. 6. Climate Variability on Decadal to Century Time-Scales / H. F. Diaz and G. N. Kiladis -- Ch. 7. Satellite Systems and Models for Future Climate Change / R. E. Dickinson -- Ch. 8. Dynamics of Future Climates / B. J. McAvaney and G. J. Holland -- Ch. 9. The Greenhouse Effect of Trace Gases / W.-C. Wang, M. P. Dudek and X.-Z. Liang -- Ch. 10. Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol Levels / M. O. Andreae -- Ch. 11. Ozone Depletion / G. P. Brasseur, J. C. Gille and S. Madronich.

Ch. 12. Human Effects on Climate Through the Large-Scale Impacts of Land-Use Change / A. Henderson-Sellers -- Ch. 13. Urban Climates / H. Cleugh -- Ch. 14. Future Climate Surprises / T.-H. Peng -- Ch. 15. The Geophysiology of Climate / L. R. Kump and J. E. Lovelock.

Subject Term:

Climatology -- Mathematical models.

Added Author:

Henderson-Sellers, A.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/95036871-d.html

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Hardbound. Future Climates of the World: A Modelling Perspective is Volume 16 of the highly prestigious series of climatology reference books World Survey of Climatology. The present volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of our understanding of future climates and is aimed at climatology undergraduates, interested non-climatologists with a scientific background as well as the generally interested reader. Each topic is discussed clearly so that the full implications of its affect on the earth's future climate can be fully understood. The study of climate has moved from data collection climatology'' to the model and experimentally based predictions of climatic science''. Our understanding of climatic prediction depends crucially upon improvements in, and improved understanding of, climatic models.The book compises four main themes which follow an introductory chapter i.e. the geologic perspective (I) and present-day observ