Beyond global warming : how numerical models revealed the secrets of climate change / Syukuro Manabe and Anthony J. Broccoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manabe, Syukuro, 1931- author.

Broccoli, Anthony J., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Summary:

A definitive account of how we have come to understand the fundamental processes behind global warmingSyukuro Manabe is perhaps the leading pioneer of modern climate modeling. Beyond Global Warming is his compelling firsthand account of how the scientific community came to understand the human causes of climate change, and how numerical models using the world’s most powerful computers have been instrumental to these vital discoveries.Joined here by atmospheric scientist Anthony Broccoli, Manabe shows how climate models have been used as virtual laboratories for examining the complex planetary interactions of atmosphere, ocean, and land. Manabe and Broccoli use these studies as the basis for a broader discussion of human-induced global warming—and what the future may hold for a warming planet. They tell the stories of early trailblazers such as Svante Arrhenius, the legendary Swedish scientist who created the first climate model of Earth more than a century ago, and provide rare insights into Manabe’s own groundbreaking work over the past five decades. Expertly walking readers through key breakthroughs, they explain why increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide has caused temperatures to rise in the troposphere yet fall in the stratosphere, why the warming of the planet’s surface differs by hemisphere, why drought is becoming more frequent in arid regions despite the global increase in precipitation, and much more.Authoritative and illuminating, Beyond Global Warming is an invaluable insider’s look at some of today’s most cutting-edge Earth science, and a rare window into a brilliant scientific mind.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Early Studies

Chapter 3. One- Dimensional Model

Chapter 4. General Circulation Models

Chapter 5. Early Numerical Experiments

Chapter 6. Climate Sensitivity

Chapter 7. Glacial- Interglacial Contrast

Chapter 8. The Role of the Ocean in Climate Change

Chapter 9. Cold Climate and Deep Water Formation

Chapter 10. Global Change in Water Availability

Postscript

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691185163

0691185166

OCLC:

1132915183