TY - BOOK AU - Cotton,William R. AU - Pielke,Roger A. TI - Human impacts on weather and climate SN - 9780521600569 (pbk.) AV - QC981 .C72 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Climatology KW - Social aspects KW - Weather KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Climatic changes KW - Environmental aspects N1 - 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 ER -