Screen LibraryClimate change：the science of global warming and our energy future
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 318 p.: col. ill. , col. maps ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780231146425 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231146426 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231518185 (e-book) 0231518188 (e-book) |
| Index Number: | X16 |
| CLC: | X16 |
| Call Number: | X16/M429 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index. 1. Climate in context -- Weather and climate -- The climate system -- Climate change : separating facts from fears -- The story -- 2. The character of the atmosphere -- The structure and composition of the atmosphere -- The circulation of the atmosphere -- Some climate phenomena -- Ozone : a stratosphere story -- Perspective -- 3. The world ocean -- The important properties of water -- The ocean's layered structure -- The ocean's surface currents -- Global flows of water through the ocean and atmosphere -- The ocean-atmosphere interaction of El Niño-Southern oscillation -- Perspective -- 4. |