Is the Temperature Rising?
The Uncertain Science of Global Warming
S. George Philander

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Preface
1	Between the Idea and the Reality	3
2	Is Our Planet Fragile or Robust?	11
3	Light and Air	31
4	Why the Peak of a Mountain Is Cold	55
5	Capricious Clouds	76
6	The Climate Tapestry	89
7	Weather, the Music of Our Sphere	106
8	The Ocean in Motion	125
9	El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation	143
10	The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth	161
11	Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter: The Cycles of Seasons and of Ice Ages	170
12	The Ozone Hole, a Cautionary Tale	183
13	Global Warming, Risky Business	191
App. A1.1	Exponential Growth and Decay	209
App. A1.2	Establishing a Chronology	210
App. A2.1	Gaia	214
App. A2.2	Chaos	215
App. A3.1	Earthshine	217
App. A3.2	The Scattering of Light	217
App. A3.3	Blackbody Radiation	218
App. A3.4	Effective Temperatures of the Planets	219
App. A3.5	The Greenhouse Effect	221
App. A4.1	The Scale Height of the Atmosphere	226
App. A4.2	The Adiabatic Lapse Rate	228
App. A5.1	Measuring Moisture in the Atmosphere	231
App. A5.2	Earth's Energy Budget	232
App. A5.3	How Many of Your Molecules Have Been to the Moon?	233
App. A6.1	Conservation of Angular Momentum	234
App. A6.2	The Coriolis Force	235
App. A6.3	Shape of Earth	237
App. A6.4	Gradient Winds	237
App. A7.1	Predicting the Weather	240
App. A8.1	The Seasonal Thermocline	242
App. A8.2	The Perpetual Salt Fountain	242
App. 9	El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation	244
App. A10.1	Weathering	246
App. A10.2	Properties of the Planets	247
App. 11	Earth's Sensitivity to Perturbations	248
App. 12	The Ozone Layer	249
App. 13	Global Warming	250
	Glossary	251
	References	257
	Index	259

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