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Weather cycles : real or imaginary? / William James Burroughs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burroughs, William James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorology--Periodicity.
- Meteorology.
- Climatology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This completely updated new edition of Weather Cycles: Real or Imaginary? explores in detail the unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles. The book examines the competing arguments for observed effects being due to natural variability, solar activity and the Earth's orbital parameters. It provides a different perspective on one of the most difficult questions in the current global warming debate: namely, just how much of the recent temperature rise can be attributed to natural causes? Only by understanding how the climate can change of its own accord, and whether observed shifts are part of a set of predictable patterns, will it be possible to reach a reliable judgement on how much impact human activities are having. This book examines the complex analysis required to assess the evidence for cycles with a minimum of mathematics. This comprehensive and balanced account will appeal to the student and expert alike.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The search for cycles; Chapter 2 Statistical background; Chapter 3 Instrumental records; Chapter 4 Proxy data; Chapter 5 The global climate; Chapter 6 Extraterrestrial influences; Chapter 7 Autovariance and other explanations; Chapter 8 Nothing more than chaos?; Appendix A Mathematical background; Glossary; Annotated bibliography; References; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-13636-9
- 0-511-84108-6
- 0-511-20498-1
- 0-511-07849-8
- 0-511-56205-5
- 0-511-07692-4
- OCLC:
- 171136747
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