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Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming
Philander, S. George.
Adult Nonfiction QC981.8.G56P48 1998
Philander, S. George.
Adult Nonfiction QC981.8.G56P48 1998
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | |
| 1 - Between the Idea and the Reality | p. 3 |
| 2 - Is Our Planet Fragile or Robust? | p. 11 |
| 3 - Light and Air | p. 31 |
| 4 - Why the Peak of a Mountain Is Cold | p. 55 |
| 5 - Capricious Clouds | p. 76 |
| 6 - The Climate Tapestry | p. 89 |
| 7 - Weather, the Music of Our Sphere | p. 106 |
| 8 - The Ocean in Motion | p. 125 |
| 9 - El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation | p. 143 |
| 10 - The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth | p. 161 |
| 11 - Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter: The Cycles of Seasons and of Ice Ages | p. 170 |
| 12 - The Ozone Hole, a Cautionary Tale | p. 183 |
| 13 - Global Warming, Risky Business | p. 191 |
| App. A 1.1 - Exponential Growth and Decay | p. 209 |
| App. A 1.2 - Establishing a Chronology | p. 210 |
| App. A 2.1 - Gaia | p. 214 |
| App. A 2.2 - Chaos | p. 215 |
| App. A 3.1 - Earthshine | p. 217 |
| App. A 3.2 - The Scattering of Light | p. 217 |
| App. A 3.3 - Blackbody Radiation | p. 218 |
| App. A 3.4 - Effective Temperatures of the Planets | p. 219 |
| App. A 3.5 - The Greenhouse Effect | p. 221 |
| App. A 4.1 - The Scale Height of the Atmosphere | p. 226 |
| App. A 4.2 - The Adiabatic Lapse Rate | p. 228 |
| App. A 5.1 - Measuring Moisture in the Atmosphere | p. 231 |
| App. A 5.2 - Earth's Energy Budget | p. 232 |
| App. A 5.3 - How Many of Your Molecules Have Been to the Moon? | p. 233 |
| App. A 6.1 - Conservation of Angular Momentum | p. 234 |
| App. A 6.2 - The Coriolis Force | p. 235 |
| App. A 6.3 - Shape of Earth | p. 237 |
| App. A 6.4 - Gradient Winds | p. 237 |
| App. A 7.1 - Predicting the Weather | p. 240 |
| App. A 8.1 - The Seasonal Thermocline | p. 242 |
| App. A 8.2 - The Perpetual Salt Fountain | p. 242 |
| App. 9 - El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation | p. 244 |
| App. A 10.1 - Weathering | p. 246 |
| App. A 10.2 - Properties of the Planets | p. 247 |
| App. 11 - Earth's Sensitivity to Perturbations | p. 248 |
| App. 12 - The Ozone Layer | p. 249 |
| App. 13 - Global Warming | p. 250 |
| Glossary | p. 251 |
| References | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 259 |
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