Global Warming Science (eBook)

A Quantitative Introduction to Climate Change and Its Consequences

Eli Tziperman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
336 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22881-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A quantitative, broad, hands-on introduction to the cutting-edge science of global warmingThis textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts and methods of global warming science, covering topics that they encounter in the news, ranging from the greenhouse effect and warming to ocean acidification, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, droughts, heat waves, forest fires, the cryosphere, and more. This book explains each of the issues based on basic statistical analysis, simple ordinary differential equations, or elementary chemical reactions. Each chapter explains the mechanisms behind an observed or anticipated change in the climate system and demonstrates the tools used to understand and predict them. Proven in the classroom, Global Warming Science also includes "e;workshops"e; with every chapter, each based on a Jupyter Python notebook and an accompanying small data set, with supplementary online materials and slides for instructors. The workshop can be used as an interactive learning element in class and as a homework assignment.Provides a clear, broad, quantitative yet accessible approach to the science of global warmingEngages students in the analysis of climate data and models, examining predictions, and dealing with uncertaintyFeatures workshops with each chapter that enhance learning through hands-on engagementComes with supplementary online slides, code, and data filesRequires only elementary undergraduate-level calculus and basic statistics; no prior coursework in science is assumedSolutions manual available (only to instructors)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 150 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Schlagworte: Ablation • Abrupt climate change • Albedo • Atlantic Ocean • Atmospheric convection • Atmospheric pressure • Atmospheric Temperature • boundary layer • Cape Region (Delaware) • Carbon dioxide equivalent • Clausius–Clapeyron relation • Climate • climate change • climate model • climate sensitivity • climatology • Cloud • Cloud albedo • Cloud feedback • Coastal Erosion • Consideration • Deep sea • Drop (liquid) • Drought • drying • Earth's energy budget • emissivity • Energy • evaporation • fishing industry • Fresh water • fuel • global warming • Global warming controversy • Global warming potential • Greenhouse Effect • Greenhouse Gas • Hadley cell • heat capacity • heat engine • Heat flux • heat wave • high pressure • Hysteresis • ice core • ice sheet • Ice stream • Instrumental temperature record • Irreversible process • Iteration • Jaw • Lapse rate • latent heat • Little Ice Age • Low-pressure Area • Melting • melting point • Melt pond • Mixed layer • Moist static energy • Moisture • National Centers for Environmental Information • Ocean Acidification • ocean current • ozone depletion • Paleoclimatology • permafrost • Physical change • Pliocene • polar amplification • Polar regions of Earth • precipitation • Radiative Forcing • Relative humidity • Scientific visualization • sea ice • sea level • Sea Level Rise • Sea Surface Temperature • seawater • Soil • Stratosphere • Subsidence • Supersaturation • Temperature • Temperature Gradient • temperature measurement • Temperature record • thermal conductivity • Time Series • troposphere • Uncertainty • Water balance • water content • water vapor • Wildfire • Wind shear • World ocean • World Ocean Circulation Experiment • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22881-7 / 0691228817
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22881-5 / 9780691228815