Overview
- Provides an enhanced understanding of the sun, weather and climate
- A combination of theory and applications show how to measure the interaction of solar radiation with Earth's atmosphere
- Provides detailed information for designing, building, and calibrating inexpensive instruments to monitor the atmosphere
- A unique project sourcebook for teachers, students, and citizen scientists
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Book Title: Bringing the Sun Down to Earth
Book Subtitle: Designing Inexpensive Instruments for Monitoring the Atmosphere
Authors: David R. Brooks
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8694-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8693-9Published: 12 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7955-8Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8694-6Published: 29 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Teaching and Teacher Education, Climate Change