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Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System
Thomas R. . Ed(S): Karl
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Paperback. International Meeting of Experts, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, January 9-11, 1995 Editor(s): Karl, Thomas R. Num Pages: 518 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 833.
Is the climate warming? Is the hydrological cycle intensifying? Is the climate becoming more variable or extreme? Is the chemical composition of the atmosphere changing? Is the solar irradiance constant? Answers to these questions are fundamental to understanding, predicting, and assessing climate on time scales ranging from weeks to a century. Atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental scientists have primarily relied on an ad-hoc collection of disparate environmental observational and data management systems to address these problems. But these systems were not designed to measure climate variations and, as a result, changes and ... Read more
Is the climate warming? Is the hydrological cycle intensifying? Is the climate becoming more variable or extreme? Is the chemical composition of the atmosphere changing? Is the solar irradiance constant? Answers to these questions are fundamental to understanding, predicting, and assessing climate on time scales ranging from weeks to a century. Atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental scientists have primarily relied on an ad-hoc collection of disparate environmental observational and data management systems to address these problems. But these systems were not designed to measure climate variations and, as a result, changes and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
Number of Pages
518
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401041430
SKU
V9789401041430
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