The Sun's Influence on Climate
Sun's Influence on Climate
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2015
216 pages
978-1-4008-6654-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy. Solar radiation warms the atmosphere and is fundamental to atmospheric composition, while the distribution of solar heating across the planet produces global wind patterns and contributes to the formation of clouds, storms, and rainfall. The Sun's Influence on Climate provides an unparalleled introduction to this vitally important relationship.
This accessible primer covers the basic properties of the Earth's climate system, the structure and behavior of the Sun, and the absorption of solar radiation in the atmosphere. It explains how solar activity varies and how these variations affect the Earth's environment, from long-term paleoclimate effects to century timescales in the context of human-induced climate change, and from signals of the 11-year sunspot cycle to the impacts of solar emissions on space weather in our planet's upper atmosphere.
Written by two of the leading authorities on the subject, The Sun's Influence on Climate is an essential primer for students and nonspecialists alike.
This accessible primer covers the basic properties of the Earth's climate system, the structure and behavior of the Sun, and the absorption of solar radiation in the atmosphere. It explains how solar activity varies and how these variations affect the Earth's environment, from long-term paleoclimate effects to century timescales in the context of human-induced climate change, and from signals of the 11-year sunspot cycle to the impacts of solar emissions on space weather in our planet's upper atmosphere.
Written by two of the leading authorities on the subject, The Sun's Influence on Climate is an essential primer for students and nonspecialists alike.
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Edition
Course Book
Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
6 halftones. 43 line illus. 2 tables.
File size
4,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-6654-0 (9781400866540)
Schweitzer Classification
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Joanna D. Haigh | Peter Cargill
The Sun's Influence on Climate
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06/2015
Princeton University Press
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Joanna D. Haigh | Peter Cargill
The Sun's Influence on Climate
Book
06/2015
Princeton University Press
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Persons
Joanna D. Haigh is professor of atmospheric physics and codirector of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London. Peter Cargill is professor emeritus of physics at Imperial College London and honorary professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews.
Content
1 Introduction 1
2 The Earth's Climate System 12
3 The Sun 40
4 Solar Radiation at the Earth 66
5 Solar Variability 92
6 Solar Signals in Surface Climate 109
7 Solar Influence through the Atmosphere 129
8 Space Weather 154
9 Summary 166
Appendix: Detection of Solar Signals in Climate and Weather Records 171
Glossary 175
Suggestions for Further Reading 185
Bibliography 189
Index 199
2 The Earth's Climate System 12
3 The Sun 40
4 Solar Radiation at the Earth 66
5 Solar Variability 92
6 Solar Signals in Surface Climate 109
7 Solar Influence through the Atmosphere 129
8 Space Weather 154
9 Summary 166
Appendix: Detection of Solar Signals in Climate and Weather Records 171
Glossary 175
Suggestions for Further Reading 185
Bibliography 189
Index 199
