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Human impacts on weather and climate /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cotton, William R., 1940-
Other Authors: Pielke, Roger A., Sr., 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Collins, CO : *ASTeR Press, [1992]
Series:Geophysical science series ; vol. 2.
Subjects:
Climatology > Social aspects.
Weather > Social aspects.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Climatic changes.
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding
  • The glory years of weather modification
  • The fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding
  • Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases
  • Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather
  • Other landuse changes
  • Concluding remarks regarding human impacts on regional weather and climate
  • Fundamental principles important to understanding global climate change
  • Climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosol
  • Nuclear winter
  • The greenhouse gas theory
  • Human impacts on biosphere forcing of climatic variability.