Radiation and climate : [Book] : atmospheric energy budget from satellite remote sensing / Ilias Vardavas, Frederic Taylor.
Material type: TextSeries: International series of monographs on physics ; v. 138Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xvii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199697144 (paperback)
- 0199697140 (paperback)
- 551.527 22
- 551.527
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad | 551.527 VAR-R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 54034 |
Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in radiative transfer codes that are a key part of climate prediction models. The basic principles are extended to the atmospheres of the Earth and the other planets, illustrating the greenhouse effect and other radiation-based phenomena at work. Several chapters deal with the techniques and measurements for monitoring the Earth's radiation budget and thus tracking global change and its effects. Remote sensing instruments on satellite and the theory of remote sensing are also covered. The book is the first comprehensive new publication on atmospheric radiation in more than a decade, and the first to link the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject to the contemporary climate problem.
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