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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      December 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511780363
      9780521602433
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511780363
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.65kg, 304 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Climatology and Climate Change
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    Provides students with a solid foundation in climate science, with which to understand global warming, natural climate variations, and climate models. As climate models are one of our primary tools for predicting and adapting to climate change, it is vital we appreciate their strengths and limitations. Also key is understanding what aspects of climate science are well understood and where quantitative uncertainties arise. This textbook will inform the future users of climate models and the decision-makers of tomorrow by providing the depth they need, while requiring no background in atmospheric science and only basic calculus and physics. Developed from a course that the author teaches at UCLA, material has been extensively class-tested and with online resources of colour figures, Powerpoint slides, and problem sets, this is a complete package for students across all sciences wishing to gain a solid grounding in climate science.

    Awards

    Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011

    Reviews

    ‘This is a timely and important book that lucidly and engagingly covers topics related to climate change, topics that currently receive enormous attention and that unfortunately cause polarization.'

    S. George Philander - Princeton University

    ‘David Neelin’s book is a very valuable and accessible textbook for students of climate science, and all those with an interest in climate modeling. It is a thorough and highly readable book that neatly spans the gap between general interest climate change texts and higher-level books for specialists.’

    Drew Shindell - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

    ‘This book presents the diverse subjects of climate modeling and climate variability in a way that is clear and understandable to students from different backgrounds. The author is a world-famous climate scientist who has been highly successful both in research and teaching, covering all of the theoretical, modeling and data analysis aspects of climate science. The book is based on a course he has been teaching at UCLA for many years, which has been extremely popular and highly valued by students from a variety of disciplines. I am sure that the book will soon become the standard textbook on climate modeling and climate change.’

    Akio Arakawa - University of California, Los Angeles

    ‘With the looming prospect of serious climate change at hand, it is ever more important to interest the best and brightest minds in the challenging problems of climate science. But those of us who teach climate science have been handicapped by the lack of a comprehensive and engaging text. With his masterful Climate Change and Climate Modeling, David Neelin has answered our prayers.’

    Kerry A. Emanuel - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    '… a positive addition to the library shelf … well written, clear and accessible …'

    Source: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union

    '… well written and demonstrates the ability of the author to explain a wide range of concepts … a welcome addition to the set of introductory climate science books and should be especially valuable for students …'

    Paul A. O’Gorman Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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