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Published: 15th July 1998
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This collaborative book aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to global climate, the way it is currently changing, the role of earth, air and satellite observation and monitoring, and subsequent climate modelling. It focuses on the interaction between natural and anthropogenic human- made change factors. The book emphasizes the importance of capturing climatic data and the use of that data in computer-based climatic modelling.

Introduction: background
The factors involved in climate change
Natural factors affecting climate change
Nuclear war and climate
On the perspective concept and climate change studies
The observed regularities of climate: the CO2 cycle and global-scale climate changes from observational data
Detecting the CO2 signal
A global system of observations
The World Climate Research Programme WCRP: fundamental principles of the WCRP
The Global Energy and Water Cycle
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ISBN: 9780748401246
ISBN-10: 0748401245
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 562
Published: 15th July 1998
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 17.1  x 3.3
Weight (kg): 1.134