Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
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T0389713
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xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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1. Between the Idea and the Reality -- 2. Is Our Planet Fragile or Robust? -- 3. Light and Air -- 4. Why the Peak of a Mountain Is Cold -- 5. Capricious Clouds -- 6. The Climate Tapestry -- 7. Weather, the Music of Our Sphere -- 8. The Ocean in Motion -- 9. El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscilla...
App. A5.2. Earth's Energy Budget -- App. A5.3. How Many of Your Molecules Have Been to the Moon? -- App. A6.1. Conservation of Angular Momentum -- App. A6.2. The Coriolis Force -- App. A6.3. Shape of Earth -- App. A6.4. Gradient Winds -- App. A7.1. Predicting the Weather -- App. A8.1. The Seasonal T...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
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New Jersey
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c1998.
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Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming / S. George Philander.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.
Transferred from N551.52/4.
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T0389713
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0691057753 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691057750 (acid-free paper)
0691057753 (acid-free paper)
9780691057750 (cloth : alk. paper)
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551.52
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991001034509702626
