William R. Cotton, Pielke, Roger A., Sr.

Human Impacts on Weather and Climate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in global climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780521600569
• ISBN-10: 0521600561
• Artikelnr.: 20911070

Autorenporträt

William Cotton is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Rise and Fall of the Science of Weather Modification: 1. The rise of the science of weather modification; 2. The glory yearsof weather modification; 3. The fall of the science of weather modification; Part II. Inadvertent Human Impacts on Regional Weather and Climate: 4. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases; 5. Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather; 6. Other land-use/land-cover changes; 7. Concluding remarks; 8. Overview of global climate forcings and feedbacks; 9. Climatic effects and anthropogenic aerosols; 10. Nuclear winter; 11. Global effects of Land-use/land-cover changes and vegetation dynamics; Epilogue; Index.

Rezensionen

'Contents-wise this is an excellent book ... It is written with great honesty and courage, attacking many of the sacred tenets of weather modification and of climatic doomsday predictions.' Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics