Carbon Dioxide

Current Views and Developments in Energy/Climate Research 2nd Course of the International School of Climatology, Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, July 16¿26, 1982
Herausgegeben:Bach, W.; Crane, A. J.; Berger, A. L.; Longhetto, A.

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Produktbeschreibung

The International School of Climatology of the "Ettore Majo rana Centre for Scientific Culture" at Erice was founded in 1979, with the aim of organising advanced courses and highly specialized seminars on current problems in the field of climatology. The first course, in March 1980, was devoted to climatic varia tions and variability, the understanding of which lies at the roots of modern climatological research. The publicity given to recent extremes of climate, which have had serious consequences for local populations, has led to an increased awareness of the practical importance of researching the causes and nature of climatic changes on all temporal and spatial scales. In recent decades it has become apparent that man himself is capable, mostly through industrial and agricultural activities, of causing climatic perturbations on both the local and global scales. Although these influences are as yet difficult to detect, it is clear that increasing release of C02 through the expanding use of fossil fuels for energy production is one activity that could lead to significant climatic change. Indeed, by this means, energy use has the potential of being the major influence on climate over the next century, so the choice of this aspect of climate-ener gy interactions as the topic of the Second Course of the Interna tional School of Climatology was an obvious one. It took place from 16 - 26 July, 1982.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-009-7000-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9789400970007
• ISBN-10: 9400970005
• Artikelnr.: 39501082

Inhaltsangabe

I Carbon Cycle.- Monitoring the Atmospheric CO2 Concentration.- The Role of the Oceans in the Carbon Cycle.- Modelling the Oceanic CO2 Uptake and Future CO2 Levels.- The Role of the Biosphere in the Carbon Cycle and Biota Models.- Record of Past Atmospheric CO2 from Tree-Ring and Ice Core Studies.- II Climate Effects.- Simple Climate Models and the Greenhouse Effect.- Increased Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Climate: The Equilibrium Response.- Increasing Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Climate: The Transient Response.- Modelling the Cryospheric Response.- Major Climatic Events Expected during a CO2-induced Warming.- Climatic Variability within the Modern Instrument-ally-based Period.- On the Detection of CO2-induced Climatic Change.- Climatic Impact of Trace Gases, Aerosols, Land-use Changes, and Waste-Heat Release.- III Impacts and Strategies.- Impacts of a CO2-induced Climate Change.- Strategic Issues and the CO2 Environmental Problem.- Carbon Dioxide/Climate Threat: Fate or Forebearance.