Fundamentals of Climate Change

by Dargan M. W. Frierson

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Fundamentals of Climate Change is a class for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students at University of Washington.

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Publisher
University of Washington
Subjects
Geosciences, Meteorology and Climate Science
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Introduction
  7. 1: Chapters
  8. 1.1: Everything Off
  9. 1.2: A Simple Model of Future Climate
  10. 1.3: The Brightest Light- Waves from the Sun
  11. 1.4: Scattering Rays
  12. 1.5: Heat Traps- Earth's Increasing Greenhouse Effect
  13. 1.6: Why We Know It's Fossil Fuels
  14. 1.7: Smokestack Stats
  15. 1.8: Water Burns- Moisture and Latent Heat
  16. 1.9: Going Up?- Lapse Rate and Tropopause
  17. 1.10: Ups and Downs of Rain
  18. 1.11: Roaring Poleward
  19. 1.12: Moving Energy
  20. 1.13: Shifts of Rain
  21. 1.14: The Little Boy and the Sea
  22. 1.15: Feedback
  23. Back Matter
  24. Index
  25. Glossary
  26. Detailed Licensing