Planetary climates / Andrew P. Ingersoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingersoll, Andrew P.

Series:

Princeton primers in climate.

Princeton primers in climate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planets--Atmospheres.

Planets.

Planetary meteorology.

Climatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction: The Diversity Of Planetary Climates

2. Venus: Atmospheric Evolution

3. Venus: Energy Transport and Winds

4. Mars: Long-Term Climate Change

5. Mars: The Present Era

6. Titan, Moons, and Small Planets

7. Jupiter the Gas Giant

8. Jupiter Winds and Weather

9. Saturn

10. Uranus, Neptune, and Exoplanets

11. Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Further reading": p. [271]-272.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691145051

0691145059

9781400848232

1400848237

OCLC:

855503191