Modern Science of Climate Changes. (Record no. 59340)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781617616358 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781617612732 |
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| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC981 -- .N53 2011eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.6 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Njau, Ernest C. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Modern Science of Climate Changes. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Hauppauge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
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| Content type term | text |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Climate Change and its Causes, Effects and Prediction |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- MODERN SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGES -- MODERN SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- 1.2. WEATHER -- 1.3. WEATHER FORECASTING -- 1.4. CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- 1.5. GLOBAL WARMING -- 1.6. GLOBAL WARMING AND ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE -- Chapter 2: BASIC SCIENCE ON WHICH THE CLIMATE SYSTEM OPERATES -- 2.1. STRUCTURE AND MOTIONS OF THE CLIMATE SYSTEM -- 2.2. ENERGY INPUT AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE CRUST-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM -- 2.3. GENERAL CIRCULATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEANS -- 2.4. ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON THE CLIMATE SYSTEM -- Chapter 3: SOLAR ACTIVITY -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. HOW SOLAR ACTIVITY IS MEASURED -- 3.3. THE SOLAR WIND -- 3.4. SOLAR CYCLES -- 3.5. MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION OF SOLAR ACTIVITY -- Chapter 4: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGES UP TO 1990S -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. SCIENCE BASED MOSTLY ON THE EARTH'S ORBITAL GEOMETRY -- 4.3. SCIENCE BASED ON DIRECT EFFECTS OF SOLAR ACTIVITY -- 4.4. SCIENCE BASED ON INDIRECT EFFECTS OF SOLAR ACTIVITY -- 4.5. SCIENCE BASED ON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY -- 4.6. SCIENCE BASED ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- Chapter 5: MODERN SCIENCE OF NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGES -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW SCIENCE -- 5.3. SOLAR WIND AND SOLAR ACTIVITY INFLUENCES ON THE TROPOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION -- 5.4. RECORDS-BASED DOMINANCE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY ON CLIMATE CHANGES -- 5.5. CAUSES OF RAPID CLIMATE CHANGES -- 5.6. RELATION BETWEEN PERIODS OF ISRC CYCLES AND AMPLITUDE OF ASSOCIATED SAS TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS -- 5.7 PREDICTION OF FUTURE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS USING EQUATION (5.18). |
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| Formatted contents note | 5.8 ACTUAL SHAPES OF TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE VARIATION PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH CYCLIC VARIATIONS IN INCIDENT SOLAR ENERGY -- 5.9 THE OZONE HOLE AND SOLAR ACTIVITY -- Chapter 6: MODERN SCIENCE OF HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGES -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GASES -- 6.3. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE OF HUMAN-GENERATED HEAT -- 6.4. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES -- Chapter 7: MODERN SCIENCE OF NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED CHANGES IN EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND RELATED CLIMATE -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. HOW NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES INFLUENCE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND RELATED CLIMATE -- 7.3. NEW ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- 7.4. COMPARISON BETWEEN A TV SYSTEM AND THE ASTHENOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM -- 7.5. CORRELATION BETWEEN SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY -- Chapter 8: A MODERN METHOD FOR PREDICTING CLIMATE CHANGES -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. THE ENVELOPE - TRACING METHOD (ETM) -- 8.3. Predicted Future Deadly Droughts -- APPENDIX MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION OF THE MERIDIONAL GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL IN FIGURE 5.11 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
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| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climatic changes. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climatology. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Njau, Ernest C. |
| Title | Modern Science of Climate Changes |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,c2010 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781617612732 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Climate Change and its Causes, Effects and Prediction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3017917">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3017917</a> |
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