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The sun's influence on climate

Title
The sun's influence on climate / Joanna D. Haigh and Peter Cargill.
Author
Haigh, Joanna D.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Cargill, P. (Peter)
Description
207 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm.
Summary
"The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy. Solar radiation warms the atmosphere and is fundamental to atmospheric composition, while the distribution of solar heating across the planet produces global wind patterns and contributes to the formation of clouds, storms, and rainfall. The Sun's Influence on Climate provides an unparalleled introduction to this vitally important relationship. This accessible primer covers the basic properties of the Earth's climate system, the structure and behavior of the Sun, and the absorption of solar radiation in the atmosphere. It explains how solar activity varies and how these variations affect the Earth's environment, from long-term paleoclimate effects to century timescales in the context of human-induced climate change, and from signals of the 11-year sunspot cycle to the impacts of solar emissions on space weather in our planet's upper atmosphere. Written by two of the leading authorities on the subject, The Sun's Influence on Climate is an essential primer for students and nonspecialists alike"--
Series Statement
Princeton primers in climate
Uniform Title
Princeton primers in climate.
Subject
  • Solar-terrestrial physics
  • Climatic changes > Effect of solar activity on
  • Weather > Effect of solar activity on
  • SCIENCE > General
  • SCIENCE > Astronomy
  • Solar-terrestrische Beziehung
  • Sonnenaktivität
  • Klimaänderung
  • Solstrålning
  • Klimatförändringar
  • Väderlek
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The Earth's climate system -- The Sun -- Solar radiation at the Earth -- Solar Variability -- Solar signals in surface climate -- Solar influence through the atmosphere -- Space weather -- Summary -- Appendix: Detection of solar signals in climate and weather records.
ISBN
  • 9780691153834
  • 0691153833
  • 9780691153841
  • 0691153841
LCCN
2014038583
OCLC
  • ocn894625350
  • 894625350
  • SCSB-5874565
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries