Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation

By: Julia Lupp

Experts consider the many roles that clouds play in the the changing climate--one of the least understood and most puzzling aspects of atmospheric science.

More than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing longwave thermal radiation. Latent heating and cooling related to cloud processes modify atmospheric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262012871
• ISBN13: 9780262012874
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 597 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher