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Author Vardavas, Ilias M., author.

Title Radiation and climate / I.M. Vardavas, F.W. Taylor
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 492 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series International series of monographs on physics ; 138
International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ; 138.
Contents The climate system -- Atmospheric physics and thermodynamics -- Radiation-transfer theory -- Thermal infra-red transfer in the atmosphere -- Incoming solar radiation -- Solar radiation transfer in the atmosphere -- Atmospheric photochemistry -- The Earth's radiation budget -- Theory of radiation measurements -- Climate observations by radiometry-spectrometry -- Climate modelling -- Planetary evolution and comparative climatology
Summary This book describes the basic physics of solar & infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Radiation theory is related to the development of climate prediction models, & to measurement techniques for monitoring the Earth's energy budget & making remote sensing observations from satellites
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Solar radiation.
Infrared radiation -- Atmospheric effects.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse Effect
solar radiation.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
Infrared radiation -- Atmospheric effects
Solar radiation
Form Electronic book
Author Taylor, F. W., author.
LC no. 2008295714
ISBN 9780199227471
0199227470
9780191527791
0191527793
9780199697144
0199697140