Our changing planet : the view from space
King, Michael D.2007
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Our understanding of the world radically changed when we first saw it from space. It became at once precious yet vulnerable, romantic yet realistic, and above all unified as the physical and living environments came indissolubly together.
Main title:
Our changing planet : the view from space / by Michael D. King (Editor), Claire L. Parkinson (Editor), Kim C. Partington (Editor) and Robin G. Williams (Editor)
Imprint:
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2007
Collation:
390 p. colour illustrations maps
Audience:
TertiaryGeneral
Contents:
Part 1. The Dynamic Atmosphere - Clouds: Are the Shutters of the Earth Changing? - Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties - Clouds and the Earth's Radiation Budget - Water Vapor - A World of Rain - Hurricanes: Connections with Climate Change - Lightning - Warming and Cooling of the Atmosphere - Dust in the Wind - Atmospheric Pollution: A Global Problem - Ship Tracks - Airplane Contrails - Weekly Cycle of Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution from Space - The Ozone Hole - The Chlorine Threat to Earth's Ozone Shield -
ISBN:
9780521828703 (hbk 0521828708 hbk)
Dewey class:
550 OUR
Local class:
550
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1699
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