Radiation and Climate
ISBN13: 9780199227471ISBN10: 0199227470
Hardback,
512 pages
Sep 2007,
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Description
Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in radiative transfer codes that are a key part of climate prediction models. The basic principles are extended to the atmospheres of the Earth and the other planets, illustrating the greenhouse effect and other radiation-based phenomena at work. Several chapters deal with the techniques and measurements for monitoring the Earth's radiation budget and thus tracking global change and its effects. Remote sensing instruments on satellite and the theory of remote sensing are also covered. The book is the first comprehensive new publication on atmospheric radiation in more than a decade, and the first to link the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject to the contemporary climate problem.Features
- First new book on Atmospheric Radiation since Boody and Yung (OUP 1989)
- Unique combination of topics
- Covers theoretical and experimental aspects, modelling, and databases
- Applications to the topical question fo climate change
- Comprehensive guide to the Earth's radiation budget
Product Details
512 pages; 194 b/w line drawings and 17 b/w halftones; ISBN13: 978-0-19-922747-1ISBN10: 0-19-922747-0About the Author(s)
Professor Ilias M. Vardavas works in for the department of physics at the University of Crete. Professor Frederic W. Taylor is the Halley Professor of Physics in the Atmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics department at the University of Oxford.
