Call number:
AWI A3-97-0416
In:
Meteorological monographs
Description / Table of Contents:
Table of Contents: Preface. - 1. Climatic determinism and atmospheric dynamics. - Climatic determinism / Edward N. Lorenz. - Surface boundary effects on the general circulation and macroclimate: a review of the theory of the quasi-stationary perturbations in the atmosphere / Barry Saltzman. - Very long-term global integration of the primitive equations of atmospheric motion: an experiment in climate simulation / Yale Mintz. - 2. Atmosphere-Ocean-Icecap dynamics. - The role of the oceans in climatic change: a theory of the ice ages / Peter K. Weyl. - Genesis and evolution of water masses / L. V. Worthington. - Air-ocean-icecap interactions in relation to climatic flucturations and glaciation cycles / Erik Eriksson. - The influence of the Arctic ice pack on climate / J. O. Fletcher. - The theory of an ice-free Arctic ocean / William L. Donn and Maurice Ewing. - 3. Terrestrial factors in climatic change. - The relationship between terrestrial factors and climate / Paul E. Damon. - Polar wandering, continental drift, and the onset of quaternary glaciation / Allan Cox. - Cause and development of an ice age (summary) / William F. Tanner. - Cenozoic climatic change and its cause / Warren Hamilton. - 4. Astronomical factors in climatic change. - An evaluation of the thermal Rossby Number in the Pleistocene / John E. Kutzbach, Reid A. Bryson and William C. Shen. - In defense of the astronomical theory of glaciation (summary) / Wallace S. Broecker. - A search for solar variability (summary) / M. Jerzykiewicz and K. Serkowski. - Note on solar variability and climatic change (summary) / Donald E. Billings. - Climatic changes, solar activity, and the cosmic-ray production rate of natural radiocarbon / Hans E. Suess. - Radiocarbon and climate (a comment on a paper by H. Suess) / Paul E. Damon. - Concluding remarks.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
IV, 159 S.
Series Statement:
Meteorological monographs 8, 30
Branch Library:
AWI Library
