Global climate : current research and uncertainties in the climate system /

Throughout the Earth's history, the climate and biosphere have evolved together through a complex chain of interactions, making possible the extraordinary variety of ecosystems and life. These interactions also largely determine the response of the atmosphere to increasing quantities of greenho...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rodó, Xavier, 1965-, Comín, F. A. (Francisco A.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
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Table of Contents:
  • What we know about the climate system? A brief review of current research
  • Why global warming is a controversial issue
  • El Nino: a predictable climate fluctuation
  • Climate information systems and their applications
  • An introduction to ocean climate modelling
  • An introduction to linear predictability analysis
  • Carbon cycling over lands and oceans
  • Changes in the global carbon cycle and ocean circulation on the millennial time scale
  • Understanding future climate change using paleorecords
  • The Indian monsoon and its relation to global climate variability
  • Interactions between the tropics and extratropics. A bit on theory, results and prospects for future predictability.