Physics Of Climate

-A superb reference.- Physics Today -Will become a classic text in climate research. - Physics World -Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth.- Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society -Informa tive and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics.- Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and behavior of climate over time. Ideal for students and profe ss ionals in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, and physics.