
Climate and Life
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- Front Cover
- Climate and Life
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Editor's Foreword
- Preface to the Russian Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Solar Radiation and Its Transformations
- 1. Solar Radiation
- 2. The Radiation Balance
- 3. The Heat Balance
- 4. General Review of Investigations on the Transformation of Solar Energy
- References
- Chapter II. Methods for Determining the Components of the Heat Balance
- 1. The Radiation Balance at the Earth's Surface
- 2. The Turbulent Flux of Sensible Heat from the Earth's Surface into the Atmosphere
- 3. The Flux of Latent Heat
- 4. The Heat Balance of the Atmosphere
- 5. Accuracy of Determination of the Components of the Heat Balance
- References
- Chapter III. Heat Balance of the Globe
- 1. Geographical Distribution of the Components of the Heat Balance
- 2. Variations of the Components of the Heat Balance in Time
- 3. Heat and Water Balances of the Earth
- 4. The Thermal Regime of the Earth
- References
- Chapter IV. Polar Ice and Climate
- 1. Polar Ice as a Factor of Climate
- 2. Interrelation of Climatic Factors and Ice Cover
- References
- Chapter V. Climatic Change
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Contemporary Climatic Changes
- 3. Climates of the Past
- References
- Chapter VI. Climatic Factors of Geographical Zonality
- 1. The Effect of Climatic Conditions on Geographical Processes
- 2. Interrelation Between the Heat and Water Balances of the Land
- 3. The Heat Balance and Geographical Zonality
- 4. The Table of Geographic Zonality
- References
- Chapter VII. The Thermal Regime of Living Organisms
- 1. The Influence of Thermal Factors on Plants and Animals
- 2. The Thermal Regime of Plants
- 3. The Heat Regime of Animals and Man
- References
- Chapter VIII. Climatic Factors of Photosynthesis
- 1. The Physical Mechanism of Photosynthesis
- 2. Photosynthesis in the Layer of Vegetation Cover
- 3. Utilization of Solar Energy by Living Organisms
- References
- Chapter IX. Change of Successive Faunas
- 1. Critical Epochs of Geological History
- 2. The Change of Fauna at the End of the Pleistocene
- References
- Chapter X. Man and Climate
- 1. Man's Impact on Climate
- 2. The Climate of the Future
- 3. Conclusion
- References
- Subject Index
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