Executive summary.- Quantifying global climate systems.- The processing of observational data and its implication for climate analysis.- Data management.- Radiation budget for the climate system.- Water vapor in the atmosphere.- Clouds.- Global chemistry.- Global aerosols.- Circulation of the global atmosphere.- Energy budget at the earth's surface.- Global precipitation.- Terrestrial carbon and water fluxes.- Flow and balance of the polar ice sheets.- Global ocean and sea ice.- Climate variations.- Climate predictability.- Global climate maps 1991-1995.
| Author: Guy P. Brasseur |
| Publisher: Springer |
| Publication Date: Jun 08, 2005 |
| Number of Pages: 575 pages |
| Binding: Mixed Media Product |
| ISBN-10: 3540202064 |
| ISBN-13: 9783540202066 |