Principles of Planetary Climate

@inproceedings{Pierrehumbert2010PrinciplesOP,
  title={Principles of Planetary Climate},
  author={Raymond T. Pierrehumbert},
  year={2010}
}
Preface 1. The big questions 2. Thermodynamics in a nutshell 3. Elementary models of radiation balance 4. Radiative transfer in temperature-stratified atmospheres 5. Scattering 6. The surface energy balance 7. Variation of temperature with season and latitude 8. Evolution of the atmosphere 9. A peek at dynamics Appendix. Notation Index. 
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