ABSTRACT

This collaborative book aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to global climate, the way it is currently changing, the role of earth, air and satellite observation and monitoring, and subsequent climate modelling. It focuses on the interaction between natural and anthropogenic human- made change factors. The book emphasizes the importance of capturing climatic data and the use of that data in computer-based climatic modelling.

chapter 1|37 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|102 pages

The observed regularities of climate

chapter 4|169 pages

Principal climatically-important processes

chapter 6|100 pages

External impacts on the climatic system

chapter 7|5 pages

Conclusion