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Global Physical Climatology, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the science of climate and climate change. Beginning with a basic introduction to the physical climate system, the text then introduces the physics of the climate system, including the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface. More advanced topics apply the basic knowledge introduced to natural variability of the climate in both the present and past, the sensitivity of climate to external forcing, paleoclimate, a basic description of the science of human-induced climate change, and the tools necessary to predict future climate using physical principles and computer models. Covers a great breadth of information on the Earth’s climate system and how it worksIncludes both basic knowledge and in-depth discussions of the physics of the topics, providing problem sets to aid learningAn authoritative, clearly written, well illustrated text with the most up-to-date data

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Earth sciences Meteorology & climatology

• Full title: Global Physical Climatology
• Author: Hartmann, Dennis L. (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 498
• EAN: 9780123285317
• ISBN: 0123285313
• ID: 04493563
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Weight: 896 g
• Dimensions: 161 × 236 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. December 2015

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