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Table of contents:
PART I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: GLOBAL CHANGE
Introduction
Global Change on Short Time Scales
A Closer Look: Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger with Time?
A Closer Look: The Discovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole
Global Change on Long Time Scales
Thinking Quantitatively: Measuring the Isotopes of Hydrogen
PART II. COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
CHAPTER TWO: DAISYWORLD: AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS
The Systems Approach
Thinking Quantitatively: Stability of Positive Feedback Loops
The Daisyworld Climate System
Useful Concepts: Graphs and Graph Making
External Forcing: The Response of Daisyworld to Increasing Solar Luminosity
CHAPTER THREE: GLOBAL ENERGY BALANCE: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Introduction
Electromagnetic Radiation
Temperature Scales
Blackbody Radiation
Planetary Energy Balance
A Closer Look: Planetary Energy Balance
Thinking Quantitatively: How the Greenhouse Effect Works: The One-Layer Atmosphere
Atmospheric Composition and Structure
Physical Causes of the Greenhouse Effect
Effect of Clouds on the Atmospheric Radiation Budget
Introduction to Climate Modeling
Climate Feedbacks
CHAPTER FOUR: THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION SYSTEM
The Global Circulatory Subsystems
The Atmospheric Circulation
A Closer Look: The Relationships between Temperature Pressure, ad Volume—The Ideal Gas Law
A Closer Look: How Hurricanes (Tropical Cyclones) Work
Global Distributions of Temperature and Rainfall
Implications for Global Warming
CHAPTER FIVE: THE CIRCULATION OF OCEANS
Winds and Surface Currents
A Closer Look: Vorticity
The Circulation of the Deep Ocean
A Closer Look: The 1982–1983 and 1997–1998 ENSO Events
A Closer Look: The Salt Content of the Oceans and the Age of Earth
Useful Concepts: Isotopes of Carbon
A Closer Look: Carbon-14—A Radioactive Clock
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