Our warming planet : topics in climate dynamics / editors Cynthia Rosenzweig, Columbia University, USA & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA, David Rind, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA, Andrew Lacis, University of Iowa, USA & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA, Danielle Manley, Columbia University, USA.
Publisher:
World Scientific,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xi, 432 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Section 8. Educational Perspective. Section 2. Radiative Processes -- Section 3. Dynamical Responses -- Section 4. Hydrologic Responses -- Section 5. Polar Responses -- Section 6. Paleocimate Perspective -- Section 7. Climate Change Impacts -- Section 8. Educational Perspective. Educational Global Climate Change Model (EdGCM) / Mark A. Chandler. Global Change in Earth's Atmosphere: Natural and Anthropogenic Factors / Judith L. Lean -- Building a Climate Model / Gary Russell -- Atmospheric Radiation / Valdar Oinas -- Role of Clouds in Climate / Anthony D. Del Genio -- How Will Storms and the Storm Track Change: Extratropical Cyclones on a Warmer Earth / Walter A. Robinson ; James F. Booth -- Relationship Between Recent Arctic Amplification and Extreme Mid-latitude Weather / Judah Cohen -- Role of Global Warming in Altering the Frequency and Intensity of Tropical and Non-Tropical Cyclones / Timothy Eichler -- Wisdom, Climate, and Water Resources / Robert Webb -- Soil Moisture in the Climate System / Randal Koster -- Projections of Future Drought / Jennifer Aminzade -- Lightning and Climate Change / Colin Price -- Polar Sea Ice Coverage, Its Changes, and Its Broader Climate Impacts / Claire L. Parkinson -- Arctic Sea Ice and Its Role in Global Change / Jiping Liu ; Radley M. Horton -- Antarctic Sea Ice and Global Warming / Douglas G. Martinson -- Importance of Understanding the Last Glacial Maximum for Climate Change / Dorothy Peteet -- Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Urban Areas / Vivien Gornitz -- Climate Change Chalenges to Agriculture, Food Security, and Health / Cynthia Rosenzweig ; Daniel Hillel -- Chemistry-Climate Interactions in a Changing Environment: Wildfire in the West and the US Warming Hole / Loretta J. Mickley -- Educational Global Climate Change Model (EdGCM) / Mark A. Chandler.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.