Name: Physics of Climate
ISBN: 978-0-88318-712-8

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Jose P. Peixoto ,
Abraham H. Oort

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"A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and behavior of climate over time. Ideal for students and professionals in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, and physics.

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From the reviews:

"A superb reference." Physics Today

"Will become a classic text in climate research." Physics World

"Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Physics of Climate
Authors: Jose P. Peixoto, Abraham H. Oort
Publisher: American Institute of Physics Melville, NY
Copyright Information: American Institute of Physics 1992
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-88318-712-8Published: 12 February 1992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIX, 520
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy

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