Future Climates of the World: A Modelling Perspective
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Future Climates of the World: A Modelling Perspective is Volume 16 of the highly prestigious series of climatology reference books World Survey of Climatology. The present ... Booknews Unlike its predecessors in the series, this volume is not a collection of climatic facts. Rather it is an overview of current understanding of climate and of the science of climatic prediction through the use of models--an understanding that is, to date, far from complete; future climates cannot yet be predicted, and the material presented here is necessarily ephemeral as the discipline shifts from accumulating data to creating experimentally based models. After an introductory chapter on why consideration of future climates is important, 14 chapters address various aspects of the geologic perspective, present-day observations as they pertain to future climates, human factors, and planetary geophysiology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ch. 1Climates of the FutureCh. 2Modelling the Response of the Climate System to Astronomical ForcingCh. 3Warmer Worlds: Global Change Lessons from Earth HistoryCh. 4Catastrophe: Impact of Comets and AsteroidsCh. 5Observations from the Surface: Projection from Traditional Meteorological ObservationsCh. 6Climate Variability on Decadal to Century Time-ScalesCh. 7Satellite Systems and Models for Future Climate ChangeCh. 8Dynamics of Future ClimatesCh. 9The Greenhouse Effect of Trace GasesCh. 10Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol LevelsCh. 11Ozone DepletionCh. 12Human Effects on Climate Through the Large-Scale Impacts of Land-Use ChangeCh. 13Urban ClimatesCh. 14Future Climate SurprisesCh. 15The Geophysiology of ClimateReferences IndexGeographical IndexSubject Index
\ BooknewsUnlike its predecessors in the series, this volume is not a collection of climatic facts. Rather it is an overview of current understanding of climate and of the science of climatic prediction through the use of models--an understanding that is, to date, far from complete; future climates cannot yet be predicted, and the material presented here is necessarily ephemeral as the discipline shifts from accumulating data to creating experimentally based models. After an introductory chapter on why consideration of future climates is important, 14 chapters address various aspects of the geologic perspective, present-day observations as they pertain to future climates, human factors, and planetary geophysiology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
