Atmospheric science: an introductory survey
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Preface to the Second Edition xi
Preface to the First Edition xv
1 Introduction and Overview 1
1.1 Scope of the Subject and
Recent Highlights 1
1.2 Some Definitions and Terms of
Reference 3
1.3 A Brief Survey of the Atmosphere 6
1.3.1 Optical Properties 6
1.3.2 Mass 7
1.3.3 Chemical Composition 8
1.3.4 Vertical structure 9
1.3.5 Winds 12
1.3.6 Precipitation 19
1.4 What's Next? 21
Exercises 22
2 The Earth System 25
2.1 Components of the Earth System 25
2.1.1 The Oceans 25
2.1.2 The Cryosphere 32
2.1.3 The Terrestrial Biosphere 35
2.1.4 The Earth's Crust and Mantle 37
2.1.5 Roles of Various Components
of the Earth System in Climate 38
2.2 The Hydrologic Cycle 38
2.3 The Carbon Cycle 41
2.3.1 Carbon in the Atmosphere 42
2.3.2 Carbon in the Biosphere 42
2.3.3 Carbon in the Oceans 44
2.3.4 Carbon in the Earth's Crust 44
2.4 Oxygen in the Earth System 45
2.4.1 Sources of Free Oxygen 46
2.5 A Brief History of Climate and the
Earth System 48
2.5.1 Formation and Evolution of the
Earth System 48
2.5.2 The Past 100 Million Years 51
2.5.3 The Past Million Years 52
2.5.4 The Past 20,000 Years 54
2.6 Earth: The Habitable Planet 56
Exercises 58
3 Atmospheric Thermodynamics 63
3.1 Gas Laws 63
3.1.1 Virtual Temperature 66
3.2 The Hydrostatic Equation 67
3.2.1 Geopotential 68
3.2.2 Scale Height and the Hypsometric
Equation 69
3.2.3 Thickness and Heights of Constant
Pressure Surfaces 71
3.2.4 Reduction of Pressure to Sea Level 72
3.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics 72
3.3.1 Joule's Law 74
3.3.2 Specific Heats 75
3.3.3 Enthalpy 75
3.4 Adiabatic Processes 76
3.4.1 Concept of an Air Parcel 77
3.4.2 The Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate 77
3.4.3 Potential Temperature 77
3.4.4 Thermodynamic Diagrams 78
3.5 Water Vapor in Air 79
3.5.1 Moisture Parameters 80
3.5.2 Latent Heats 84
3.5.3 Saturated Adiabatic and
Pseudoadiabatic Processes 84
3.5.4 The Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate 84
3.5.5 Equivalent Potential Temperature
and Wet Bulb Potential Temperature 85
3.5.6 Normand's Rule 86
3.5.7 Net Effects of Ascent Followed
by Descent 86
3.6 Static Stability 88
3.6.1 Unsaturated Air 88
3.6.2 Saturated Air 91
3.6.3 Conditional and Convective Instability 91
3.7 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
and Entropy 93
3.7.1 The Carnot Cycle 93
3.7.2 Entropy 95
3.7.3 The Clausius Clapeyron Equation 97
3.7.4 Generalized Statement of the Second
Law of Thermodynamics 100
Exercises 102
4 Radiative Transfer 113
4.1 The Spectrum of Radiation 113
4.2 Quantitative Description of Radiation 114
4.3 Blackbody Radiation 117
4.3.1 The Planck Function 117
4.3.2 Wien's Displacement Law 118
4.3.3 The Stefan Boltzmann Law 119
4.3.4 Radiative Properties of
Nonblack Materials 120
4.3.5 Kirchhoff s Law 121
4.3.6 The Greenhouse Effect 121
4.4 Physics of Scattering and Absorption
and Emission 122
4.4.1 Scattering by Air Molecules and
Particles 123
4.4.2 Absorption by Particles 126
4.4.3 Absorption and Emission by
Gas Molecules 127
4.5 Radiative Transfer in Planetary
Atmospheres 130
4.5.1 Beer's Law 130
4.5.2 Reflection and Absorption by a Layer
of the Atmosphere 133
4.5.3 Absorption and Emission of Infrared
Radiation in Cloud Free Air 134
4.5.4 Vertical Profiles of Radiative
Heating Rate 138
4.5.5 Passive Remote Sensing by Satellites 139
4.6 Radiation Balance at the Top of the
Atmosphere 144
Exercises 145
5 Atmospheric Chemistry 153
5.1 Composition of Tropospheric Air 153
5.2 Sources. Transport, and Sinks of Trace Gases 157
5.2.1 Sources 157
5.2.2 Transport 160
5.2.3 Sinks 162
5.3 Some Important Tropospheric Trace Gases 162
5.3.1 The Hydroxyl Radical 162
5.3.2 Some Reactive Nitrogen Compounds 163
5.3.3 Organic Compounds 164
5.3.4 Carbon Monoxide 165
5.3.5 Ozone 165
5.3.6 Hydrogen Compounds 168
5.3.7 Sulfur Gases 168
5.4 Tropospheric Aerosols 169
5.4.1 Sources 170
5.4.2 Chemical Composition 172
5.4.3 Transport 173
5.4.4 Sinks 173
5.4.5 Concentrations and Size Distributions 174
5.4.6 Residence Times 176
5.5 Air Pollution 176
5.5.1 Some Sources of Pollutants 177
5.5.2 Smogs 179
5.5.3 Regional and Global Pollution 181
5.6 Tropospheric Chemical Cycles 182
5.6.1 The Nitrogen Cycle 182
5.6.2 The Sulfur Cycle 183
5.7 Stratospheric Chemistry 184
5.7.1 Unperturbed Stratospheric Ozone 185
5.7.2 Anthropogenic Perturbations to
Stratospheric Ozone: The Ozone Hole 190
5.7.3 Stratospheric Aerosols; Sulfur in the
Stratosphere 196
Exercises 198
6 Cloud Microphysics 209
6.1 Nucleation of Water Vapor Condensation 209
6.1.1 Theory 210
6.1.2 Cloud Condensation Nuclei 214
6.2 Microstructures of Warm Clouds 215
6.3 Cloud Liquid Water Content and
Entrainment 218
6.4 Growth of Cloud Droplets in Warm Clouds 221
6.4.1 Growth by Condensation 221
6.4.2 Growth by Collection 224
6.4.3 Bridging the Gap between Droplet
Growth by Condensation and
Collision Coalescence 228
6.5 Microphysics of Cold Clouds 232
6.5.1 Nucleation of Ice Particles; Ice Nuclei 232
6.5.2 Concentrations of Ice Particles in
Clouds; Ice Multiplication 236
6.5.3 Growth of Ice Particles in Clouds 238
6.5.4 Formation of Precipitation in Cold
Clouds 243
6.5.5 Classification of Solid Precipitation 245
6.6 Artificial Modification of Clouds and
Precipitation 245
6.6.1 Modification of Warm Clouds 245
6.6.2 Modification of Cold Clouds 247
6.6.3 Inadvertent Modification 250
6.7 Thunderstorm Electrification 252
6.7.1 Charge Generation 252
6.7.2 Lightning and Thunder 254
6.7.3 The Global Electrical Circuit 256
6.8 Cloud and Precipitation Chemistry 259
6.8.1 Overview 259
6.8.2 Transport of Particles and Gases 259
6.8.3 Nucleation Scavenging 260
6.8.4 Dissolution of Gases in Cloud Droplets 260
6.8.5 Aqueous Phase Chemical Reactions 261
6.8.6 Precipitation Scavenging 261
6.8.7 Sources of Sulfate in Precipitation 262
6.8.8 Chemical Composition of Rain 262
6.8.9 Production of Aerosol by Clouds 262
Exercises 263
7 Atmospheric Dynamics 271
7.1 Kinematics of the Large Scale Horizontal
Flow 271
7.1.1 Elementary Kinematic Properties
of the Flow 271
7.1.2 Vorticity and Divergence 272
7.1.3 Deformation 274
7.1.4 Streamlines versus Trajectories 275
7.2 Dynamics of Horizontal Flow 276
7.2.1 Apparent Forces 276
7.2.2 Real Forces 279
7.2.3 The Horizontal Equation of Motion 280
7.2.4 The Geostrophic Wind 281
7.2.5 The Effect of Friction 281
7.2.6 The Gradient Wind 282
7.2.7 The Thermal Wind 283
7.2.8 Suppression of Vertical Motions
by Planetary Rotation 286
7.2.9 A Conservation Law for Vorticity 286
7.2.10 Potential Vorticity 289
7.3 Primitive Equations 290
7.3.1 Pressure as a Vertical Coordinate 291
7.3.2 Hydrostatic Balance 291
7.3.3 The Thermodynamic Energy Equation 291
7.3.4 Inference of the Vertical Motion Field 293
7.3.5 Solution of the Primitive Equations 295
7.3.6 An Application of Primitive Equations 296
7.4 The Atmospheric General Circulation 297
7.4.1 The Kinetic Energy Cycle 298
7.4.2 The Atmosphere as a Heat Engine 300
7.5 Numerical Weather Prediction 300
Exercises 304
8 Weather Systems 313
8.1 Extratropical Cyclones 313
8.1.1 An Overview 313
8.1.2 Fronts and Surface Weather 318
8.1.3 Vertical Structure 328
8.1.4 Air Trajectories 334
8.1.5 In Search of the Perfect Storm 336
8.1.6 Top Down Influences 337
8.1.7 Influence of Latent Heat Release 338
8.2 Orographic Effects 340
8.2.1 Lee Cyclogenesis and Lee Troughing 340
8.2.2 Rossby Wave Propagation along
Sloping Terrain 340
8.2.3 Cold Air Damming 341
8.2.4 Terrain Induced Windstorms 342
8.2.5 Orographic Influences on
Precipitation 343
8.3 Deep Convection 344
8.3.1 Environmental Controls 345
8.3.2 Structure and Evolution of
Convective Storms 349
8.3.3 Damaging Winds Associated with
Convective Storms 356
8.3.4 Mesoscale Convective Systems 363
8.4 Tropical Cyclones 366
8.4.1 Structure, Thermodynamics,
and Dynamics 366
8.4.2 Genesis and Life Cycle 369
8.4.3 Storm Surges 370
Exercises 371
9 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer 375
9.1 Turbulence 376
9.1.1 Eddies and Thermals 376
9.1.2 Statistical Description of Turbulence 378
9.1.3 Turbulence Kinetic Energy and
Turbulence Intensity 379
9.1.4 Turbulent Transport and Fluxes 381
9.1.5 Turbulence Closure 382
9.1.6 Turbulence Scales and Similarity
Theory 383
9.2 The Surface Energy Balance 385
9.2.1 Radiative Fluxes 385
9.2.2 Surface Energy Balance over Land 386
9.2.3 The Bulk Aerodynamic Formulae 387
9.2.4 The Global Surface Energy Balance 390
9.3 Vertical Structure 391
9.3.1 Temperature 391
9.3.2 Humidity 392
9.3.3 Winds 393
9.3.4 Day to Day and Regional Variations
in Boundary Layer Structure 395
9.3.5 Nonlocal Influence of Stratification
on Turbulence and Stability 396
9.4 Evolution 398
9.4.1 Entrainment 398
9.4.2 Boundary Layer Growth 399
9.4.3 Cloud Topped Boundary' Layer
over Land 401
9.4.4 The Marine Boundary Layer 401
9.4.5 Stormy Weather 404
9.5 Special Effects 404
9.5.1 Terrain Effects 404
9.5.2 Sea Breezes 408
9.5.3 Forest Canopy Effects 410
9.5.4 Urban Effects 411
9.6 The Boundary Layer in Context 411
Exercises 413
10 Climate Dynamics 419
10.1 The Present Day Climate 419
10.1.1 Annual Mean Conditions 419
10.1.2 Dependence on Time of Day 422
10.1.3 Seasonal Dependence 423
10.2 Climate Variability 425
10.2.1 Internally Generated Climate
Variability 429
10.2.2 Coupled Climate Variability 431
10.2.3 Externally Forced Climate Variability 439
10.3 Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity, and
Feedbacks 443
10.3.1 Transient versus Equilibrium
Response 446
10.3.2 Climate Feedbacks 447
10.4 Greenhouse Warming 451
10.4.1 The Buildup of Greenhouse Gases 451
10.4.2 Is Human Induced Greenhouse
Warming Already Evident? 455
10.4.3 Projections of Future
Human Induced Greenhouse
Warming 457
10.5 Climate Monitoring and Prediction 458
Exercises 460
Constants and Conversions for
Atmospheric Science 467
Abbreviations Used in Captions 469
Index 471 |
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Preface to the Second Edition xi
Preface to the First Edition xv
1 Introduction and Overview 1
1.1 Scope of the Subject and
Recent Highlights 1
1.2 Some Definitions and Terms of
Reference 3
1.3 A Brief Survey of the Atmosphere 6
1.3.1 Optical Properties 6
1.3.2 Mass 7
1.3.3 Chemical Composition 8
1.3.4 Vertical structure 9
1.3.5 Winds 12
1.3.6 Precipitation 19
1.4 What's Next? 21
Exercises 22
2 The Earth System 25
2.1 Components of the Earth System 25
2.1.1 The Oceans 25
2.1.2 The Cryosphere 32
2.1.3 The Terrestrial Biosphere 35
2.1.4 The Earth's Crust and Mantle 37
2.1.5 Roles of Various Components
of the Earth System in Climate 38
2.2 The Hydrologic Cycle 38
2.3 The Carbon Cycle 41
2.3.1 Carbon in the Atmosphere 42
2.3.2 Carbon in the Biosphere 42
2.3.3 Carbon in the Oceans 44
2.3.4 Carbon in the Earth's Crust 44
2.4 Oxygen in the Earth System 45
2.4.1 Sources of Free Oxygen 46
2.5 A Brief History of Climate and the
Earth System 48
2.5.1 Formation and Evolution of the
Earth System 48
2.5.2 The Past 100 Million Years 51
2.5.3 The Past Million Years 52
2.5.4 The Past 20,000 Years 54
2.6 Earth: The Habitable Planet 56
Exercises 58
3 Atmospheric Thermodynamics 63
3.1 Gas Laws 63
3.1.1 Virtual Temperature 66
3.2 The Hydrostatic Equation 67
3.2.1 Geopotential 68
3.2.2 Scale Height and the Hypsometric
Equation 69
3.2.3 Thickness and Heights of Constant
Pressure Surfaces 71
3.2.4 Reduction of Pressure to Sea Level 72
3.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics 72
3.3.1 Joule's Law 74
3.3.2 Specific Heats 75
3.3.3 Enthalpy 75
3.4 Adiabatic Processes 76
3.4.1 Concept of an Air Parcel 77
3.4.2 The Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate 77
3.4.3 Potential Temperature 77
3.4.4 Thermodynamic Diagrams 78
3.5 Water Vapor in Air 79
3.5.1 Moisture Parameters 80
3.5.2 Latent Heats 84
3.5.3 Saturated Adiabatic and
Pseudoadiabatic Processes 84
3.5.4 The Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate 84
3.5.5 Equivalent Potential Temperature
and Wet Bulb Potential Temperature 85
3.5.6 Normand's Rule 86
3.5.7 Net Effects of Ascent Followed
by Descent 86
3.6 Static Stability 88
3.6.1 Unsaturated Air 88
3.6.2 Saturated Air 91
3.6.3 Conditional and Convective Instability 91
3.7 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
and Entropy 93
3.7.1 The Carnot Cycle 93
3.7.2 Entropy 95
3.7.3 The Clausius Clapeyron Equation 97
3.7.4 Generalized Statement of the Second
Law of Thermodynamics 100
Exercises 102
4 Radiative Transfer 113
4.1 The Spectrum of Radiation 113
4.2 Quantitative Description of Radiation 114
4.3 Blackbody Radiation 117
4.3.1 The Planck Function 117
4.3.2 Wien's Displacement Law 118
4.3.3 The Stefan Boltzmann Law 119
4.3.4 Radiative Properties of
Nonblack Materials 120
4.3.5 Kirchhoff s Law 121
4.3.6 The Greenhouse Effect 121
4.4 Physics of Scattering and Absorption
and Emission 122
4.4.1 Scattering by Air Molecules and
Particles 123
4.4.2 Absorption by Particles 126
4.4.3 Absorption and Emission by
Gas Molecules 127
4.5 Radiative Transfer in Planetary
Atmospheres 130
4.5.1 Beer's Law 130
4.5.2 Reflection and Absorption by a Layer
of the Atmosphere 133
4.5.3 Absorption and Emission of Infrared
Radiation in Cloud Free Air 134
4.5.4 Vertical Profiles of Radiative
Heating Rate 138
4.5.5 Passive Remote Sensing by Satellites 139
4.6 Radiation Balance at the Top of the
Atmosphere 144
Exercises 145
5 Atmospheric Chemistry 153
5.1 Composition of Tropospheric Air 153
5.2 Sources. Transport, and Sinks of Trace Gases 157
5.2.1 Sources 157
5.2.2 Transport 160
5.2.3 Sinks 162
5.3 Some Important Tropospheric Trace Gases 162
5.3.1 The Hydroxyl Radical 162
5.3.2 Some Reactive Nitrogen Compounds 163
5.3.3 Organic Compounds 164
5.3.4 Carbon Monoxide 165
5.3.5 Ozone 165
5.3.6 Hydrogen Compounds 168
5.3.7 Sulfur Gases 168
5.4 Tropospheric Aerosols 169
5.4.1 Sources 170
5.4.2 Chemical Composition 172
5.4.3 Transport 173
5.4.4 Sinks 173
5.4.5 Concentrations and Size Distributions 174
5.4.6 Residence Times 176
5.5 Air Pollution 176
5.5.1 Some Sources of Pollutants 177
5.5.2 Smogs 179
5.5.3 Regional and Global Pollution 181
5.6 Tropospheric Chemical Cycles 182
5.6.1 The Nitrogen Cycle 182
5.6.2 The Sulfur Cycle 183
5.7 Stratospheric Chemistry 184
5.7.1 Unperturbed Stratospheric Ozone 185
5.7.2 Anthropogenic Perturbations to
Stratospheric Ozone: The Ozone Hole 190
5.7.3 Stratospheric Aerosols; Sulfur in the
Stratosphere 196
Exercises 198
6 Cloud Microphysics 209
6.1 Nucleation of Water Vapor Condensation 209
6.1.1 Theory 210
6.1.2 Cloud Condensation Nuclei 214
6.2 Microstructures of Warm Clouds 215
6.3 Cloud Liquid Water Content and
Entrainment 218
6.4 Growth of Cloud Droplets in Warm Clouds 221
6.4.1 Growth by Condensation 221
6.4.2 Growth by Collection 224
6.4.3 Bridging the Gap between Droplet
Growth by Condensation and
Collision Coalescence 228
6.5 Microphysics of Cold Clouds 232
6.5.1 Nucleation of Ice Particles; Ice Nuclei 232
6.5.2 Concentrations of Ice Particles in
Clouds; Ice Multiplication 236
6.5.3 Growth of Ice Particles in Clouds 238
6.5.4 Formation of Precipitation in Cold
Clouds 243
6.5.5 Classification of Solid Precipitation 245
6.6 Artificial Modification of Clouds and
Precipitation 245
6.6.1 Modification of Warm Clouds 245
6.6.2 Modification of Cold Clouds 247
6.6.3 Inadvertent Modification 250
6.7 Thunderstorm Electrification 252
6.7.1 Charge Generation 252
6.7.2 Lightning and Thunder 254
6.7.3 The Global Electrical Circuit 256
6.8 Cloud and Precipitation Chemistry 259
6.8.1 Overview 259
6.8.2 Transport of Particles and Gases 259
6.8.3 Nucleation Scavenging 260
6.8.4 Dissolution of Gases in Cloud Droplets 260
6.8.5 Aqueous Phase Chemical Reactions 261
6.8.6 Precipitation Scavenging 261
6.8.7 Sources of Sulfate in Precipitation 262
6.8.8 Chemical Composition of Rain 262
6.8.9 Production of Aerosol by Clouds 262
Exercises 263
7 Atmospheric Dynamics 271
7.1 Kinematics of the Large Scale Horizontal
Flow 271
7.1.1 Elementary Kinematic Properties
of the Flow 271
7.1.2 Vorticity and Divergence 272
7.1.3 Deformation 274
7.1.4 Streamlines versus Trajectories 275
7.2 Dynamics of Horizontal Flow 276
7.2.1 Apparent Forces 276
7.2.2 Real Forces 279
7.2.3 The Horizontal Equation of Motion 280
7.2.4 The Geostrophic Wind 281
7.2.5 The Effect of Friction 281
7.2.6 The Gradient Wind 282
7.2.7 The Thermal Wind 283
7.2.8 Suppression of Vertical Motions
by Planetary Rotation 286
7.2.9 A Conservation Law for Vorticity 286
7.2.10 Potential Vorticity 289
7.3 Primitive Equations 290
7.3.1 Pressure as a Vertical Coordinate 291
7.3.2 Hydrostatic Balance 291
7.3.3 The Thermodynamic Energy Equation 291
7.3.4 Inference of the Vertical Motion Field 293
7.3.5 Solution of the Primitive Equations 295
7.3.6 An Application of Primitive Equations 296
7.4 The Atmospheric General Circulation 297
7.4.1 The Kinetic Energy Cycle 298
7.4.2 The Atmosphere as a Heat Engine 300
7.5 Numerical Weather Prediction 300
Exercises 304
8 Weather Systems 313
8.1 Extratropical Cyclones 313
8.1.1 An Overview 313
8.1.2 Fronts and Surface Weather 318
8.1.3 Vertical Structure 328
8.1.4 Air Trajectories 334
8.1.5 In Search of the Perfect Storm 336
8.1.6 Top Down Influences 337
8.1.7 Influence of Latent Heat Release 338
8.2 Orographic Effects 340
8.2.1 Lee Cyclogenesis and Lee Troughing 340
8.2.2 Rossby Wave Propagation along
Sloping Terrain 340
8.2.3 Cold Air Damming 341
8.2.4 Terrain Induced Windstorms 342
8.2.5 Orographic Influences on
Precipitation 343
8.3 Deep Convection 344
8.3.1 Environmental Controls 345
8.3.2 Structure and Evolution of
Convective Storms 349
8.3.3 Damaging Winds Associated with
Convective Storms 356
8.3.4 Mesoscale Convective Systems 363
8.4 Tropical Cyclones 366
8.4.1 Structure, Thermodynamics,
and Dynamics 366
8.4.2 Genesis and Life Cycle 369
8.4.3 Storm Surges 370
Exercises 371
9 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer 375
9.1 Turbulence 376
9.1.1 Eddies and Thermals 376
9.1.2 Statistical Description of Turbulence 378
9.1.3 Turbulence Kinetic Energy and
Turbulence Intensity 379
9.1.4 Turbulent Transport and Fluxes 381
9.1.5 Turbulence Closure 382
9.1.6 Turbulence Scales and Similarity
Theory 383
9.2 The Surface Energy Balance 385
9.2.1 Radiative Fluxes 385
9.2.2 Surface Energy Balance over Land 386
9.2.3 The Bulk Aerodynamic Formulae 387
9.2.4 The Global Surface Energy Balance 390
9.3 Vertical Structure 391
9.3.1 Temperature 391
9.3.2 Humidity 392
9.3.3 Winds 393
9.3.4 Day to Day and Regional Variations
in Boundary Layer Structure 395
9.3.5 Nonlocal Influence of Stratification
on Turbulence and Stability 396
9.4 Evolution 398
9.4.1 Entrainment 398
9.4.2 Boundary Layer Growth 399
9.4.3 Cloud Topped Boundary' Layer
over Land 401
9.4.4 The Marine Boundary Layer 401
9.4.5 Stormy Weather 404
9.5 Special Effects 404
9.5.1 Terrain Effects 404
9.5.2 Sea Breezes 408
9.5.3 Forest Canopy Effects 410
9.5.4 Urban Effects 411
9.6 The Boundary Layer in Context 411
Exercises 413
10 Climate Dynamics 419
10.1 The Present Day Climate 419
10.1.1 Annual Mean Conditions 419
10.1.2 Dependence on Time of Day 422
10.1.3 Seasonal Dependence 423
10.2 Climate Variability 425
10.2.1 Internally Generated Climate
Variability 429
10.2.2 Coupled Climate Variability 431
10.2.3 Externally Forced Climate Variability 439
10.3 Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity, and
Feedbacks 443
10.3.1 Transient versus Equilibrium
Response 446
10.3.2 Climate Feedbacks 447
10.4 Greenhouse Warming 451
10.4.1 The Buildup of Greenhouse Gases 451
10.4.2 Is Human Induced Greenhouse
Warming Already Evident? 455
10.4.3 Projections of Future
Human Induced Greenhouse
Warming 457
10.5 Climate Monitoring and Prediction 458
Exercises 460
Constants and Conversions for
Atmospheric Science 467
Abbreviations Used in Captions 469
Index 471 |
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