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Human impacts on weather and climate / William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke.

By: Contributor(s): Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2007New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 308 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521600569 (pbk.)
  • 0521600561 (pbk.)
  • 0511277261
  • 9780511277269
  • 0511277857
  • 9780511277856
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC981 .C72 2007
Contents:
pt. 1. The rise and fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding. The rise of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding -- The glory years of weather modification -- The fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding -- pt. 2. Inadvertent human impacts on regional weather and climate. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases -- Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather -- Other land-use/land-cover changes -- pt. 3. Human impacts on global climate. Overview of global climate forcings and feedbacks -- Climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosols -- Nuclear winter -- Global effects of land-use/land-cover change and vegetation dynamics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QC981 .C72 2007 1 Available 50583010327546
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-304) and index.

pt. 1. The rise and fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding. The rise of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding -- The glory years of weather modification -- The fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding -- pt. 2. Inadvertent human impacts on regional weather and climate. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases -- Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather -- Other land-use/land-cover changes -- pt. 3. Human impacts on global climate. Overview of global climate forcings and feedbacks -- Climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosols -- Nuclear winter -- Global effects of land-use/land-cover change and vegetation dynamics.

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