Physics of Climate - Hardcover

Jose P. Peixoto; Abraham H. Oort

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883187124 ISBN 13: 9780883187128

Publisher: American Institute of Physics, 1992

Synopsis

"A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and behavior of climate over time. Ideal for students and professionals in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, and physics.

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 From the reviews:

"A superb reference." Physics Today

"Will become a classic text in climate research." Physics World

"Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature

About this edition

• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0883187124
• ISBN 13: 9780883187128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520