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Zusatztext "I would recommend this book due to its clarity and coverage for library purchase for all institutions teaching courses on climate change." ---Richard Kotter! International Journal of Environmental Studies Informationen zum Autor Kerry H. Cook Klappentext "Climate change and its impacts are being embraced by a wider community than just earth scientists. A useful textbook, Climate Dynamics covers the basic science required to gain insights into what constitutes the climate system and how it behaves. While still being quantitative, the material is written in a lecture-note style that creates a simplified, but not simple, approach to teaching this complex subject." --Chris E. Forest, Pennsylvania State University "Comprehensive and rigorous, Climate Dynamics is a good reference for the basics of the field. With its in-depth treatment and perceptive exercises, it lays out an excellent undergraduate course on climate change--a topic of tremendous current interest. Cook's long experience working in the area shines through." --Richard Kleeman, New York University "This well-written and accessible book contains material for an introductory climate dynamics course. The choice of materials and presentation range from observations and simple radiative transfer models to climate feedbacks." --Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology Zusammenfassung Suitable for any science or engineering student who has completed two semesters of calculus and one semester of calculus-based physics, this book describes the climate system based on observations of the mean climate state and its variability. It explains how the climate system works and why the climate is changing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Climate System 1 Reference and Additional Reading 3 Chapter 2 The Observed Climatology 4 2.1 The Atmosphere 5 2.2 The Ocean 22 2.3 The Hydrologic Cycle 33 2.4 The Cryosphere 42 2.5 The Biosphere 46 2.6 Data Sources and References 47 2.7 Exercises 48 Chapter 3 Observations of Natural Climate Variability 49 3.1 Diurnal and Seasonal Climate Variations 50 3.2 Intraseasonal Climate Variability 51 3.3 Interannual Climate Variability 54 3.4 Decadal Climate Variability 59 3.5 Climate Variations on Century to Billion-Year Time Scales 63 3.6 Additional Reading 65 Chapter 4 Radiative Processes in the Climate System 66 4.1 Blackbody Theory 66 4.2 Application of Blackbody Theory to the Earth System 67 4.3 How Constant Is the Solar Constant? 69 4.4 Solar and Terrestrial Spectra 70 4.5 The Greenhouse Effect 76 4.6 The Equation of Transfer 82 4.7 Radiative Effects of Clouds 85 4.8 References 87 4.9 Exercises 87 Chapter 5 Thermodynamics and the Flow of Heat through the Climate System 89 5.1 Equations of State 89 5.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 91 5.3 Heat Balance Equations 92 5.4 Observed Heat Fluxes 98 5.5 Additional Reading 107 5.6 Exercises 108 Chapter 6 Dynamics: The Forces That Drive Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations 109 6.1 The Coriolis Force 110 6.2 Pressure Gradient Force 116 6.3 Hydrostatic Balance 117 6.4 Geostrophic Balance 120 6.5 Friction 122 6.6 The Momentum Equations 123 6.7 Exercises 123 Chapter 7 Atmospheric Circulations 126 7.1 Thermally Direct Circulations 126 7.2 Midlatitude Circulation Systems 135 7.3 Exercises 136 Chapter 8 Ocean Circulation Systems 137 8.1 Wind-Driven Circulation: Ekman Dynamics 137 8.2 The Density-Driven Circulation: The Thermohaline Circulation 141 8.3 Vertical Mixing Processes 142 8.4 Reference 146 8.5 Exercises 146 Chapter 9 The Hydrologic Cycle 148 9.1 Atmospheric Water Balance 148 9.2 Land Surface Water Balance 151 9.3 Exercises 152 Chapter 10 Radiative Forcing of Climate Change 153 10.1 The Atmosphere's Changing Chemical Composition 154 10.2 Radiative Effects of Greenhouse...
