• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Radiation and climate
  • Contributor: Vardavas, Ilias M. [Author]; Taylor, F. W. [Contributor]
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
  • Published in: International series of monographs on physics ; 138
  • Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 492 p.); ill. (some col.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199227471.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191711138; 0191711136
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  • Keywords: Solar radiation ; Infrared radiation Atmospheric effects ; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Description: This book describes the basic physics of solar & infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Radiation theory is related to the development of climate prediction models, & to measurement techniques for monitoring the Earth's energy budget & making remote sensing observations from satellites.