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Principles of Planetary Climate

By Pierrehumbert, Raymond T.

Principles of Planetary Climate Geology & Geography

Principles of Planetary Climate

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This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of Earth, the climates of Solar System planets, and the climates of extrasolar planets. These building blocks include thermodynamics, infrared radiative transfer, scattering, surface heat transfer and various processes governing the evolution of atmospheric composition. Nearly four hundred problems are supplied to help consolidate the reader's understanding, and to lead the reader towards original research on planetary climate. This textbook is invaluable for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in atmospheric science, Earth and planetary science, astrobiology, and physics. It also provides a superb reference text for researchers in these subjects, and is very suitable for academic researchers trained in physics or chemistry who wish to rapidly gain enough background to participate in the excitement of the new research opportunities opening in planetary climate.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
680
Release Date:
2010-12-02
Publication Date:
2010-12-02
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521865565
ISBN13:
9780521865562
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1657 g
Height:
208 cm
Width:
260 cm
Thickness:
41 cm
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