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This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics of the earth system, the atmosphere and ocean.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Climate variability, climate change and Earth system sensitivity
- 3: Biogeochemistry and climate: the tools
- 4: The physics of radiation
- 5: Aerosols and climate
- 6: Physics and dynamics of the atmosphere
- 7: Physics and dynamics of the oceans
- 8: The hydrological cycle and climate
- 9: The carbon cycle and climate
- 10: Methane cycling and climate
- 11: The nitrogen cycle and climate
- 12: Phosphorus, sulphur, iron, oxygen and climate
- 13: The future of climate change: Adaptation, mitigation, geo-engineering and decarbonisation
- 14: Reflections of the anthropocene
About the author
Han Dolman, Professor in Ecohydrology, Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Han Dolman studied biology and acquired a PhD in physical geography. He worked at the UK's Institute of Hydrology in parametrizing land surface processes in climate models. After that he worked in Wageningen where after the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 his attention focussed very much on carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Since 2003 he has been a professor in ecohydrology at the Department of Earth Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam where he teaches and performs research in climate and carbon science. He was awarded the prestigious Vladimir Vernadsky Medal of the European Geophysical Union in 2013. He also received the Presidential gold medal of honour from Yakutia for his work on carbon in permafrost systems.
Summary
This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics of the earth system, the atmosphere and ocean.
