Radiation and Climate
Atmospheric energy budget from satellite remote sensing
Published on 13. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-19-969714-4 (ISBN)
Description
Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in the radiative transfer codes that are a key part of climate prediction models. The basic principles are extended to the atmospheres of the Earth and the other planets, illustrating the greenhouse effect and other radiation-based phenomena at work. Several chapters deal with the techniques and measurements for monitoring the Earth's radiation budget and thus tracking global change and its effects. Remote sensing instruments on satellites and the theory of remote sensing are also covered. The book is the first comprehensive new publication on atmospheric radiation in more than a decade, and the first to link the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject to the contemporary climate problem.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition This is, in short, an excellent book, very well suited as a textbook. * Journal of Sedimentary Research * A comprehensive reference, clear and concise [...] The book supplements good descriptions of physical concepts with equations, providing the hands-on reader with the tools for utilizing these concepts in their own research. * Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society * Covers important aspects of atmospheric radiation, and strikes a nice balance between fundamentals of atmospheric radiation and the application of these topics to climate. * Jeffrey Kiehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO * A comprehensive reference, clear and concise [...] The book supplements good descriptions of physical concepts with equations, providing the hands-on reader with the tools for utilizing these concepts in their own research. * Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and academics in Physics and Environmental Sciences.
Illustrations
194 b/w line drawings, 17 b/w halftones
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
878 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-969714-4 (9780199697144)
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Additional editions
Ilias Vardavas | Frederic Taylor
Radiation and Climate
Book
08/2007
Oxford University Press
€73.00
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Persons
Ilias Vardavas, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece, and Frederic Taylor, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Content
1. The Climate System ; 2. Atmospheric Physics and Thermodynamics ; 3. Radiation Transfer Theory ; 4. Thermal Infrared Transfer in the Atmosphere ; 5. Incoming Solar Radiation ; 6. Solar Radiation Transfer in the Atmosphere ; 7. Atmospheric Photochemistry ; 8. The Earth's Radiation Budget ; 9. Theory of Radiation Measurements ; 10. Climate Observations by Radiometry and Spectrometry ; 11. Climate Modelling ; 12. Planetary Evolution and Comparative Climatology