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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