Preface D. James Baker; Introduction Catherine Gautier and Jean-Louis Fellous; 1. THE GLOBAL CONSENSUS AND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE Richard Somerville and Jean Jouzel; 2. GREENHOUSE EFFECT, RADIATION BUDGET AND CLOUDS Catherine Gautier and Hervegrave; Le Treut; 3. ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Yoram J. Kaufman and Olivier Boucher; 4. THE GLOBAL WATER CYCLE AND CLIMATE Moustafa T. Chahine and Pierre Morel; 5. CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON THE WATER CYCLE OVER LAND Eric F. Wood and Katia Laval; 6. OCEAN AND CLIMATE Carl Wunsch and Jean-Franccedil;ois Minster; 7. ICE AND CLIMATE Raymond C. Smith and Fregrave;degrave;rique Regrave;my; 8. THE CHANGING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE FROM THE HOLOCENE TO THE ANTHROPOCENE Berrien Moore III and Philippe Ciais; 9. CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: AN ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS Robert W. Corell; 10. ON SOME IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE OVER EUROPE AND THE ATLANTIC Jean-Claude Andregrave;; 11. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS Guy Brasseur and Marie-Lise Chanin; 12. OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE Helen Wood and Jean-Louis Fellous; 13. CLIMATE AND SOCIETY WHAT IS THE HUMAN DIMENSION? Roberta Balstad and Jean-Charles Hourcade; CONCLUSIONS S. Ichtiaque Rasool and Jean-Claude Duplessy; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX.
| Foreword | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The global consensus and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | p. 12 |
| Greenhouse effect, radiation budget, and clouds | p. 30 |
| Atmospheric aerosols and climate change | p. 49 |
| The global water cycle and climate | p. 62 |
| Climate change effects on the water cycle over land | p. 74 |
| Ocean and climate | p. 91 |
| Ice and climate | p. 110 |
| The changing global carbon cycle: from the holocene to the anthropocene | p. 121 |
| Challenges of climate change: an Arctic perspective and its implications | p. 149 |
| On some impacts of climate change over Europe and the Atlantic | p. 159 |
| Atmospheric chemistry and climate interactions | p. 176 |
| Observing system for climate | p. 189 |
| Climate and society: what is the human dimension? | p. 204 |
| Conclusions | p. 217 |
| Glossary | p. 233 |
| References | p. 243 |
| Index | p. 253 |
| The color plates are between pages 176 and 177 | |
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ISBN: 9780521896825
ISBN-10: 0521896827
Number Of Pages: 280
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional
