During the last 20 years the study of, and the prediction of,
changes in the climate of our planet have become an urgent social
imperative, addressed to scientists the world over. The first
principles on which to base such a study were formulated in 1974 in
Stockholm, at the international GARP conference on the physical
fundamentals of climate theory and climate modeling. In 1979 the
World Meteorological Organization and the International Council of
Scientific Unions decided to conduct a global program of climate
research. This World Climate Program is designed mainly to
investigate the variability of the climate on time scales ranging
from a few weeks to a few decades and to create a scientific basis
for the long-term forecasting of weather. There is at present a
definite need for a monograph which can serve as an introduction to
the theory of climate. On a qualitative level (without the
apparatus of theoretical physics and mathematics) such an
introduction has already been presented, in Part I of a book on the
history of climate by Yu. A. Shishkov and the author (Monin and
Shishkov, 1979). Part II of that work gives factual data on
climatic changes during the course of the Earth's history. The
present book is designed to provide such an introduction on a
quantita tive level."
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 7 |
| Release date: |
October 2011 |
| First published: |
1986 |
| Translators: |
Ron Hardin
|
| Authors: |
Monin
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
261 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401085076 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
9401085072 |
| Barcode: |
9789401085076 |
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