Climate change : a natural hazard / William Kininmonth
- Bib ID:
- 3804666
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kininmonth, William
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- Description:
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- Brentwood, Essex : Multi-Science Publishing, 2004
- viii, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0906522269
- Summary:
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"In his new book... he[author] demonstrates that the model of the climate system represented by the IPCC is inadequate as a foundation for future planning".
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: A Rush to Judgement 1
- The road to Kyoto 1
- Flawed science 5
- The Climate of Past Ages 11
- Our knowledge of recent climate 11
- Reconstructing past climate 17
- "Ice Ages and lesser climate fluctuations 20
- The human dimensions of climate change 26
- Explanations for Climate Variability 31
- The glacial epochs 31
- Recent global warming 36
- Statistical methods for climate reconstruction 39
- Processes of the Climate System 49
- Radiation Forcing of Climate 55
- Solar radiation 57
- Terrestrial radiation 59
- Poleward energy transport 62
- The Atmosphere 65
- Mixing of energy through the troposphere 67
- Temperature trends of the tropical troposphere 72
- Surface energy exchanges 76
- Polar ice and surface energy exchange 81
- Seasonal patterns of tropical convection 84
- Transport of Energy by the Atmosphere. 9 91
- Atmospheric angular momentum 95
- Variation of atmospheric energy transport 100
- The Oceans 105
- Surface temperature and upwelling 110
- Ocean overturning - the thermohaline circulation 114
- The El Nifio Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 120
- Carbon dioxide and Climate Variability 127
- Growth of atmospheric carbon dioxide 1 29
- The concept of radiative forcing 134
- Solar Influences on Climate 143
- Internal Variability of the Climate System 151
- Conditional instability 157
- Sensitivity to solar forcing 166
- Computer Modelling of the Climate System 169
- Development of Computer Modelling 171
- Performance of computer models 176
- Simulations of the 20th Century Climate 184
- Future Climate 195
- Misleading climate projections 197
- Planning for an uncertain world 202.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Climatic changes
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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