Planetary climates / Andrew P. Ingersoll
- Author:
- Ingersoll, Andrew P.
- Published:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2013]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2013
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Introduction: The diversity of planetary climates -- Venus : atmospheric evolution -- Venus : energy transport and winds -- Mars : long-term climate change -- Mars : the present era -- Titan, moons, and small planets -- Jupiter the gas giant -- Jupiter winds and weather -- Saturn -- Uranus, Neptune, and exoplanets -- Conclusion.
- Summary:
- "Explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite. ... Along the way, readers learn the equations that describe how climate processes work, including atmospheric escape, convection, radiative heat transfer, condensation and evaporation, and the dynamics of rotating fluids."--Cover p. [4].
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780691145044
0691145040
9780691145051 (pbk.)
0691145059 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- "Further reading": pages [271]-272.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-269) and index. - Source of Acquisition:
- Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Verna M. Lombard Library Endowment; 2014.
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