a ISBN 0-691-057753-

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number QC981.8.G56

b Item number P48 1998

a Dewey Classification 551.5/2

a Personal name Philander, S. George.

a Title Is the temperature rising? :

b Remainder of title the uncertain science of global warming /

c Statement of responsibility, etc S. George Philander.

h Medium BOOK

a Title proper/short title Uncertain science of global warming

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Princeton, N.J. :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Princeton University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1998.

a Extent xv, 262, [1] p. :

b Other physical details ill., maps ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note 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 Oscillation -- 10. The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth -- 11. Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter: The Cycles of Seasons and of Ice Ages -- 12. The Ozone Hole, a Cautionary Tale -- 13. Global Warming, Risky Business -- App. A1.1. Exponential Growth and Decay -- App. A1.2. Establishing a Chronology -- App. A2.1. Gaia -- App. A2.2. Chaos -- App. A3.1. Earthshine -- App. A3.2. The Scattering of Light -- App. A3.3. Blackbody Radiation -- App. A3.4. Effective Temperatures of the Planets -- App. A3.5. The Greenhouse Effect -- App. A4.1. The Scale Height of the Atmosphere -- App. A4.2. The Adiabatic Lapse Rate -- App. A5.1. Measuring Moisture in the Atmosphere -- 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 Thermocline -- App. A8.2. The Perpetual Salt Fountain -- App. 9. El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation -- App. A10.1. Weathering -- App. A10.2. Properties of the Planets -- App. 11. Earth's Sensitivity to Perturbations -- App. 12. The Ozone Layer -- App. 13. Global Warming.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Global warming

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental sciences

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human ecology