Radiation and Climate: Atmospheric Energy Budget from Satellite Remote Sensing - Couverture souple

Vardavas, Ilias; Taylor, Frederic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199697140 ISBN 13 : 9780199697144

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in the 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 satellites 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199697140
• ISBN 13: 9780199697144
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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