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100 1 a| O'Hare, Greg.=| ^A1197070;

245 10 a| Weather, climate, and climate change :b| human perspectives /c| Greg O'Hare, John Sweeney, and Rob Wilby.;

260 a| Harlow, England ;a| New York :b| Pearson Prentice Hall,c| 2005.;

300 a| xv, 403 pages :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 1. Introduction to systems and the climate system -- 1.1. Early development of climatology -- 1.1.1. From classical times to the Age of Discovery -- 1.1.2. Determinism and possibilism -- 1.2. A systems approach -- 1.2.1. The nature of systems -- 1.2.2. System regulation -- Further reading -- 2. Mass components of the climate system -- 2.1. Atmospheric composition -- 2.1.1. The early atmosphere -- 2.1.2. The Gaia hypothesis -- 2.1.3. Vertical structure of the atmosphere -- 2.1.4. Measuring atmospheric pressure -- 2.2. Mass and air motion -- 2.2.1. Forces controlling horizontal and vertical movement -- 2.3. Atmospheric water -- 2.3.1. Moisture in the atmosphere -- 2.3.2. Atmospheric stability -- 2.3.3. Condensation and cloud formation -- 2.3.4. Precipitation mechanisms -- 2.3.5. Precipitation systems in action -- 2.4. The atmosphere as a staging post -- 2.4.1. Nutrient stores and recycling -- 2.4.2. Climate change and atmospheric fluxes -- 2.5. Observing the system components -- 2.5.1. Surface networks -- 2.5.2. Remote sensing -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 3. Energy components of the climate system -- 3.1. Nature and role of energy -- 3.1.1. Energy and temperature -- 3.1.2. Energy transfer -- 3.1.3. Energy interaction and transformation -- 3.1.4. Heating and cooling of planet earth -- 3.2. Hearing and cooling balancing acts -- 3.2.1. Greenhouse balance -- 3.3. Inequalities in regional energy supply and loss -- 3.3.1. The net radiation of regions -- 3.3.2. Inequalities in solar radiation inputs -- 3.3.3. Consequences of uneven heating and cooling -- 3.4. Altitudinal energy inequalities -- 3.4.1. Global surface-atmosphere energy imbalance -- 3.4.2. Energy transfer in the vertical atmosphere -- 3.4.3. Daily/local temperature response -- 3.4.4. Surface energy models -- 3.5. Energy conditions and climate change -- 3.5.1. Energy at the surface -- 3.6. Case studies in climate change -- 3.6.1. Changes in direct solar energy output -- 3.6.2. Land surface change : human agency -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --;

505 0 a| 4. Motions of the climate system -- 4.1. General circulation -- 4.1.1. Function and processes -- 4.1.2. Vertical mixing and the cellular models -- 4.1.3. Horizontal mixing and the wave models -- 4.1.4. The upper westerlies -- 4.1.5. The jet streams -- 4.2. Synoptic systems : upper air and surface weather -- 4.2.1. The concept of vorticity -- 4.2.2. Jet streams, vorticity and surface weather -- 4.3. Regional and local scale motions -- 4.3.1. Air masses -- 4.3.2. The heating of land and sea -- 4.4. Ocean mass/energy fluxes -- 4.4.1. The oceans as heat stores and heat transporters -- 4.4.2. Surface ocean circulation -- 4.5. Observing motion -- 4.5.1. Surface networks -- 4.5.2. Remote sensing of motion -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 5. Ocean-atmosphere interactions -- 5.1. Energy exchange -- 5.2. Local ocean-atmosphere interaction : the hurricane -- 5.2.1. Location and frequency -- 5.2.2. Formation and intensification -- 5.2.3. The nature hurricane -- 5.2.4. Hurricane decline and energy dissipation -- 5.2.5. Main tracks -- 5.2.6. Hurricane futures -- 5.3. Global ocean-atmosphere oscillations -- 5.3.1. The Atlantic region -- 5.3.2. The Antarctic and Pacific regions -- 5.4. The El Niño-Southern oscillation -- 5.4.1. What is it? -- 5.4.2. Analysis : El Niño and La Niña events -- 5.5. Monitoring and predicting ENSO events -- 5.5.1. Measurement -- 5.5.2. Atmospheric teleconnections and weather impacts -- 5.5.3. ENSO periodicity : a brief history -- 5.5.4. ENSO futures -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 6. Changes in the climate system -- 6.1. Components and interactions in the climate system -- 6.1.1. Introduction -- 6.1.2. Components of the climate system -- 6.2. Concepts of climate change -- 6.2.1. Three types of climate change -- 6.3. Techniques for reconstructing past climates -- 6.3.1. Instrumental observations -- 6.3.2. Documentary sources -- 6.3.3. Natural proxy sources -- 6.4. The climate record -- 6.4.1. Ocean and ice cores and the Pleistocene record -- 6.4.2. Post-glacial climates -- 6.4.3. Historical climate change -- 6.4.4. Contemporary trends -- 6.5. Causes of climate change -- 6.5.1. Climate change in the climate system -- 6.5.2. External causes of climate change -- 6.5.3. Internal natural causes of climate change -- 6.5.4. Internal human-induced causes of climate change -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --;

505 0 a| 7. Modelling the climate system -- 7.1. Projections of future climate -- 7.1.1. Greenhouse gases -- 7.1.2. Temperature -- 7.1.3. Other parameters -- 7.2. Introduction to modelling -- 7.2.1. Energy balance models (EBMs) -- 7.2.2. General circulation models (GCMs) -- 7.2.3. Regional climate models (RCMs) -- 7.2.4. Statistical downscaling (SDS) models -- 7.3. Estimating future climate change -- 7.3.1. Defining baseline climatology -- 7.32. Future emission scenarios -- 7.3.3 Model uncertainty -- 7.3.4. Feedbacks and abrupt change -- 7.3.5. Overview -- 7.4. Applications of climate model results -- 7.4.1. Climate model evaluation -- 7.4.2. The IPCC climate change scenarios -- 7.4.3. Regional climate change scenarios -- 7.4.4. Scenarios for impact assessment -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 8. Weather, climate and climate change of the high latitudes : polar regions -- 8.1. The polar climate -- 8.1.1. Processes and controls -- 8.1.2. The upper westerlies (the circumpolar vortex) -- 8.1.3. The Arctic and Antarctic oscillations -- 8.1.4. Climate types -- 8.1.5. Changes in precipitation and sea-ice extent --- 8.1.6. Cold polar air and stratospheric ozone -- 8.2. Longer-term climate change : ice ages -- 8.2.1. Describing the ice age -- 8.3. Explanation of ice ages -- 8.3.1. External and internal factors -- 8.3.2. External factors and Milankovitch theory -- 8.3.3. Validating the Milankovitch theory -- 8.4. Reassessing theory : Milankovitch is not enough! -- 8.4.1. Tertiary cooling : a vital prerequisite -- 8.4.2. Plate tectonics and ocean circulation -- 8.4.3. Tectonic uplift (mountain building) -- 8.4.4. Long-term changes in greenhouse gases -- 8.5. Reinforcing the Milankovitch signal -- 8.5.1. Ice albedo effects -- 8.5.2. CO₂ and glacial-interglacial cycles -- 8.6. Shorter-term fluctuations and the ocean conveyor -- 8.6.1. Global thermohaline circulation -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 9. Weather, climate and climate change of the mid-latitude oceanic margins : north-west Europe -- 9.1. Climate of north-west Europe -- 9.2. Processes and controls -- 9.2.1. Air masses -- 9.2.2. Frontal systems and depressions -- 9.2.3. Anticyclones -- 9.2.4. Weather types -- 9.2.5. Climate regions of north-west Europe -- 9.3. Past climate variations -- 9.3.1. Extreme events -- 9.3.2. Seasonal variability -- 9.3.3. Interannual variability -- 9.3.4. Longer-term climate change -- 9.4. Climate change projections for the UK and Ireland -- 9.4.1. Climate change : internal and external factors -- 9.4.2. Climate model experiments -- 9.4.3. The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIPO2) -- scenarios -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --;

505 0 a| 10. Weather, climate and climate change of the mid-latitude continental interiors : North America -- 10.1. Climate of the North American interior -- 10.2. Processes and controls -- 10.2.1. Dynamic climatology -- 10.2.2. Physical controls -- 10.2.3. Air mass classification -- 10.3. Past climate variations -- 10.3.1. Extreme events -- 10.3.2. Interannual variability -- 10.3.3. Decadal variability of drought -- 10.4. Climate change projections for North America -- 10.4.1. The US national assessment -- 10.4.2. Future changes in extreme events -- 10.4.3. Hydrological impacts -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 11. Weather, climate and climate change of the low latitudes -- 11.1. Tropical climate -- 11.1.1. The Hadley cell : processes and controls -- 11.1.2. Seasonal movement of the ITCZ -- 11.1.3. Zonal model of tropical precipitation -- 11.2. Indian monsoon circulation -- 11.2.1. The low-level thermal cell -- 11.2.2. High-altitude winds -- 11.3. Monsoon rains -- 11.3.1. Mean annual distribution -- 11.3.2. Seasonal variations --- 11.3.3. Individual weather systems -- 11.4. Monsoon variability and change -- 11.4.1. Interannual and interdecadal variability -- 11.4.2. Explaining interannual monsoon variation -- 11.4.3. Longer-term monsoon change -- 11.4.4. Monsoon futures -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 12. Humans and climate change -- 12.1. Extreme weather and climate change -- 12.1.1. Extreme weather : how is it predicted? -- 12.1.2. To cope or not to cope -- 12.1.3. Strategies in raising adaptive capacities -- 12.2. Hurricanes and human survival -- 12.2.1. Hurricane impacts : rich and poor countries -- 12.2.2. Hurricane 07B in the Bay of Bengal --12.2.3. People at risk in the delta -- 12.2.4. Mitigation strategies -- 12.3. Drought and human survival -- 12.3.1. Adjustment to drought -- 12.3.2. Drought in the Sahel -- 12.3.3. Drought in southern Africa -- 12.4. Floods and human survival -- 12.4.1. Rising costs : huge flood events -- 12.4.2. Recent flooding in England and Wales -- 12.5. Overview : climate hazards and sustainable development -- 12.5.1. Absolute poverty and human risk -- 12.5.2. Modelling unsustainability -- 12.6. Climate change and global biodiversity -- 12.6.1. Vegetation types -- 12.6.2. Change in species -- Further reading -- Useful Websites.;

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Weather, climate, and climate change : human perspectives / Greg O'Hare, John Sweeney, and Rob Wilby.

Author/creator	O'Hare, Greg
Other author	Sweeney, John, 1952-
Other author	Wilby, R. L. (Robert L.)
Format	Book
Publication Info	Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
Description	xv, 403 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects	Weather. Climatology. Climatic changes. Climatic changes--Environmental aspects.

Contents	1. Introduction to systems and the climate system -- 1.1. Early development of climatology -- 1.1.1. From classical times to the Age of Discovery -- 1.1.2. Determinism and possibilism -- 1.2. A systems approach -- 1.2.1. The nature of systems -- 1.2.2. System regulation -- Further reading -- 2. Mass components of the climate system -- 2.1. Atmospheric composition -- 2.1.1. The early atmosphere -- 2.1.2. The Gaia hypothesis -- 2.1.3. Vertical structure of the atmosphere -- 2.1.4. Measuring atmospheric pressure -- 2.2. Mass and air motion -- 2.2.1. Forces controlling horizontal and vertical movement -- 2.3. Atmospheric water -- 2.3.1. Moisture in the atmosphere -- 2.3.2. Atmospheric stability -- 2.3.3. Condensation and cloud formation -- 2.3.4. Precipitation mechanisms -- 2.3.5. Precipitation systems in action -- 2.4. The atmosphere as a staging post -- 2.4.1. Nutrient stores and recycling -- 2.4.2. Climate change and atmospheric fluxes -- 2.5. Observing the system components -- 2.5.1. Surface networks -- 2.5.2. Remote sensing -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 3. Energy components of the climate system -- 3.1. Nature and role of energy -- 3.1.1. Energy and temperature -- 3.1.2. Energy transfer -- 3.1.3. Energy interaction and transformation -- 3.1.4. Heating and cooling of planet earth -- 3.2. Hearing and cooling balancing acts -- 3.2.1. Greenhouse balance -- 3.3. Inequalities in regional energy supply and loss -- 3.3.1. The net radiation of regions -- 3.3.2. Inequalities in solar radiation inputs -- 3.3.3. Consequences of uneven heating and cooling -- 3.4. Altitudinal energy inequalities -- 3.4.1. Global surface-atmosphere energy imbalance -- 3.4.2. Energy transfer in the vertical atmosphere -- 3.4.3. Daily/local temperature response -- 3.4.4. Surface energy models -- 3.5. Energy conditions and climate change -- 3.5.1. Energy at the surface -- 3.6. Case studies in climate change -- 3.6.1. Changes in direct solar energy output -- 3.6.2. Land surface change : human agency -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --
Contents	4. Motions of the climate system -- 4.1. General circulation -- 4.1.1. Function and processes -- 4.1.2. Vertical mixing and the cellular models -- 4.1.3. Horizontal mixing and the wave models -- 4.1.4. The upper westerlies -- 4.1.5. The jet streams -- 4.2. Synoptic systems : upper air and surface weather -- 4.2.1. The concept of vorticity -- 4.2.2. Jet streams, vorticity and surface weather -- 4.3. Regional and local scale motions -- 4.3.1. Air masses -- 4.3.2. The heating of land and sea -- 4.4. Ocean mass/energy fluxes -- 4.4.1. The oceans as heat stores and heat transporters -- 4.4.2. Surface ocean circulation -- 4.5. Observing motion -- 4.5.1. Surface networks -- 4.5.2. Remote sensing of motion -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 5. Ocean-atmosphere interactions -- 5.1. Energy exchange -- 5.2. Local ocean-atmosphere interaction : the hurricane -- 5.2.1. Location and frequency -- 5.2.2. Formation and intensification -- 5.2.3. The nature hurricane -- 5.2.4. Hurricane decline and energy dissipation -- 5.2.5. Main tracks -- 5.2.6. Hurricane futures -- 5.3. Global ocean-atmosphere oscillations -- 5.3.1. The Atlantic region -- 5.3.2. The Antarctic and Pacific regions -- 5.4. The El Niño-Southern oscillation -- 5.4.1. What is it? -- 5.4.2. Analysis : El Niño and La Niña events -- 5.5. Monitoring and predicting ENSO events -- 5.5.1. Measurement -- 5.5.2. Atmospheric teleconnections and weather impacts -- 5.5.3. ENSO periodicity : a brief history -- 5.5.4. ENSO futures -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 6. Changes in the climate system -- 6.1. Components and interactions in the climate system -- 6.1.1. Introduction -- 6.1.2. Components of the climate system -- 6.2. Concepts of climate change -- 6.2.1. Three types of climate change -- 6.3. Techniques for reconstructing past climates -- 6.3.1. Instrumental observations -- 6.3.2. Documentary sources -- 6.3.3. Natural proxy sources -- 6.4. The climate record -- 6.4.1. Ocean and ice cores and the Pleistocene record -- 6.4.2. Post-glacial climates -- 6.4.3. Historical climate change -- 6.4.4. Contemporary trends -- 6.5. Causes of climate change -- 6.5.1. Climate change in the climate system -- 6.5.2. External causes of climate change -- 6.5.3. Internal natural causes of climate change -- 6.5.4. Internal human-induced causes of climate change -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --
Contents	7. Modelling the climate system -- 7.1. Projections of future climate -- 7.1.1. Greenhouse gases -- 7.1.2. Temperature -- 7.1.3. Other parameters -- 7.2. Introduction to modelling -- 7.2.1. Energy balance models (EBMs) -- 7.2.2. General circulation models (GCMs) -- 7.2.3. Regional climate models (RCMs) -- 7.2.4. Statistical downscaling (SDS) models -- 7.3. Estimating future climate change -- 7.3.1. Defining baseline climatology -- 7.32. Future emission scenarios -- 7.3.3 Model uncertainty -- 7.3.4. Feedbacks and abrupt change -- 7.3.5. Overview -- 7.4. Applications of climate model results -- 7.4.1. Climate model evaluation -- 7.4.2. The IPCC climate change scenarios -- 7.4.3. Regional climate change scenarios -- 7.4.4. Scenarios for impact assessment -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 8. Weather, climate and climate change of the high latitudes : polar regions -- 8.1. The polar climate -- 8.1.1. Processes and controls -- 8.1.2. The upper westerlies (the circumpolar vortex) -- 8.1.3. The Arctic and Antarctic oscillations -- 8.1.4. Climate types -- 8.1.5. Changes in precipitation and sea-ice extent --- 8.1.6. Cold polar air and stratospheric ozone -- 8.2. Longer-term climate change : ice ages -- 8.2.1. Describing the ice age -- 8.3. Explanation of ice ages -- 8.3.1. External and internal factors -- 8.3.2. External factors and Milankovitch theory -- 8.3.3. Validating the Milankovitch theory -- 8.4. Reassessing theory : Milankovitch is not enough! -- 8.4.1. Tertiary cooling : a vital prerequisite -- 8.4.2. Plate tectonics and ocean circulation -- 8.4.3. Tectonic uplift (mountain building) -- 8.4.4. Long-term changes in greenhouse gases -- 8.5. Reinforcing the Milankovitch signal -- 8.5.1. Ice albedo effects -- 8.5.2. CO₂ and glacial-interglacial cycles -- 8.6. Shorter-term fluctuations and the ocean conveyor -- 8.6.1. Global thermohaline circulation -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 9. Weather, climate and climate change of the mid-latitude oceanic margins : north-west Europe -- 9.1. Climate of north-west Europe -- 9.2. Processes and controls -- 9.2.1. Air masses -- 9.2.2. Frontal systems and depressions -- 9.2.3. Anticyclones -- 9.2.4. Weather types -- 9.2.5. Climate regions of north-west Europe -- 9.3. Past climate variations -- 9.3.1. Extreme events -- 9.3.2. Seasonal variability -- 9.3.3. Interannual variability -- 9.3.4. Longer-term climate change -- 9.4. Climate change projections for the UK and Ireland -- 9.4.1. Climate change : internal and external factors -- 9.4.2. Climate model experiments -- 9.4.3. The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIPO2) -- scenarios -- Further reading -- Useful Websites --
Contents	10. Weather, climate and climate change of the mid-latitude continental interiors : North America -- 10.1. Climate of the North American interior -- 10.2. Processes and controls -- 10.2.1. Dynamic climatology -- 10.2.2. Physical controls -- 10.2.3. Air mass classification -- 10.3. Past climate variations -- 10.3.1. Extreme events -- 10.3.2. Interannual variability -- 10.3.3. Decadal variability of drought -- 10.4. Climate change projections for North America -- 10.4.1. The US national assessment -- 10.4.2. Future changes in extreme events -- 10.4.3. Hydrological impacts -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 11. Weather, climate and climate change of the low latitudes -- 11.1. Tropical climate -- 11.1.1. The Hadley cell : processes and controls -- 11.1.2. Seasonal movement of the ITCZ -- 11.1.3. Zonal model of tropical precipitation -- 11.2. Indian monsoon circulation -- 11.2.1. The low-level thermal cell -- 11.2.2. High-altitude winds -- 11.3. Monsoon rains -- 11.3.1. Mean annual distribution -- 11.3.2. Seasonal variations --- 11.3.3. Individual weather systems -- 11.4. Monsoon variability and change -- 11.4.1. Interannual and interdecadal variability -- 11.4.2. Explaining interannual monsoon variation -- 11.4.3. Longer-term monsoon change -- 11.4.4. Monsoon futures -- Further reading -- Useful Websites -- 12. Humans and climate change -- 12.1. Extreme weather and climate change -- 12.1.1. Extreme weather : how is it predicted? -- 12.1.2. To cope or not to cope -- 12.1.3. Strategies in raising adaptive capacities -- 12.2. Hurricanes and human survival -- 12.2.1. Hurricane impacts : rich and poor countries -- 12.2.2. Hurricane 07B in the Bay of Bengal --12.2.3. People at risk in the delta -- 12.2.4. Mitigation strategies -- 12.3. Drought and human survival -- 12.3.1. Adjustment to drought -- 12.3.2. Drought in the Sahel -- 12.3.3. Drought in southern Africa -- 12.4. Floods and human survival -- 12.4.1. Rising costs : huge flood events -- 12.4.2. Recent flooding in England and Wales -- 12.5. Overview : climate hazards and sustainable development -- 12.5.1. Absolute poverty and human risk -- 12.5.2. Modelling unsustainability -- 12.6. Climate change and global biodiversity -- 12.6.1. Vegetation types -- 12.6.2. Change in species -- Further reading -- Useful Websites.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2004048650
ISBN	0130283193
ISBN	9780130283191

Weather, climate, and climate change : human perspectives / Greg O'Hare, John Sweeney, and Rob Wilby.

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