Human Impacts on Weather and ClimateCambridge University Press, 2007 M02 1 This 2007 edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. The natural variability of weather and climate greatly complicates our ability to determine a clear cause-and-effect relationship to human activity. The authors describe the basic theories and critique them in simple and accessible terms. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in how humans are affecting the global climate. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 22 |
Section 3 | 31 |
Section 4 | 50 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 68 |
Section 7 | 73 |
Section 8 | 75 |
Section 12 | 109 |
Section 13 | 113 |
Section 14 | 123 |
Section 15 | 133 |
Section 16 | 136 |
Section 17 | 148 |
Section 18 | 153 |
Section 19 | 187 |
Section 9 | 80 |
Section 10 | 90 |
Section 11 | 102 |
Section 20 | 203 |
Section 21 | 222 |
Common terms and phrases
absorption aerosol aerosol particles alter anthropogenic atmosphere average Avissar boundary layer carbon dioxide CCN concentrations cell circulations climate change climate forcings climate system cloud droplets cloud seeding collision and coalescence contrails convective cooling cumulus clouds decrease downdraft downwind drizzle drops dust dynamic seeding effect Eltahir emissions energy enhanced example feedbacks Figure forest formation gases glaciation graupel graupel particles greenhouse growth gust front hail suppression heat flux hygroscopic hypothesis ice crystal concentrations ice crystals ice nuclei ice particle impact increased irrigated land-use change landscape latent heat liquid water content longwave heating mesoscale natural nuclear winter observed occur ocean Pielke plumes pollution potential produce radiative forcing rain rainfall reduced region response result seeding experiments sensible heat silver iodide simulations smoke soil solar radiation supercell supercooled supercooled cloud supercooled raindrops surface heat surface temperatures thunderstorm tropical troposphere updraft urban area vegetation vertical water vapor wind