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050		4	_aQC921.48 _b.E76 2009eb
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111	2		_aErnst Str�ungmann Forum _d(2008 : _cFrankfurt, Germany)
245	1	0	_aClouds in the perturbed climate system : _btheir relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / _cedited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _cc2009.
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2009]
300			_a1 PDF (xv, 597 pages) : _billustrations (some color), maps (chiefly col.).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStr�ungmann Forum reports
500			_aForum held June 2-7, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aMore than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing longwave thermal radiation. Latent heating and cooling related to cloud processes modify atmospheric circulation, and, by modulating sea surface temperatures, clouds affect the oceanic circulation. Clouds are also an essential component of the global water cycle, on which all terrestrial life depends. Yet clouds constitute the most poorly quantified, least understood, and most puzzling aspect of atmospheric science, and thus the largest source of uncertainty in the prediction of climate change. Because clouds are influenced by climate change, and because complex, unidentified feedback systems are involved, science is faced with many unanswered questions. This volume begins by indentifying and describing the baffling nature of clouds. It explores the boundaries of current knowledge on the spatial/temporal variability of clouds and cloud-related aerosols as well as the factors that control clouds, and examines the extent and nature of anthropogenic perturbations. Particular emphasis is given to the connections of clouds to climate through radiation, dynamics, precipitation, and chemistry, and to the difficulties in understanding the obvious but elusive fact that clouds must be affected by climate change. Utilizing the insights of this unique gathering of experts, the book offers recommendations to improve the current state of knowledge and direct future research in fields ranging from chemistry and theoretical physics to climate modeling and remote satellite sensing.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
550			_aMade available online by Ebrary.
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
650		0	_aCloud physics _vCongresses.
650		0	_aClouds _xDynamics _vCongresses.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _vCongresses.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aHeintzenberg, J. _q(Jost)
700	1		_aCharlson, Robert J.
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor.
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher.
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262012874
830		0	_aStr�ungmann Forum reports
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267202
999			_c39118 _d39118