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Planetary Climates
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2013
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This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.
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Andrew P. Ingersoll, the Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, is an expert on the weather and climate of Earth and the other planets.
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"Like all works in the excellent 'Princeton Primers in Climate' series, this book presents content in the main body in a nontechnical manner, with little mathematical detail, but then includes detailed technical/mathematical information in sidebars and boxes so that various levels of more advanced discussion can be individually tailored to a particular group of students."
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"[This] is an ideal introduction for science students and nonspecialist scientists, as well as general readers with a scientific background."
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"Prof Andrew Ingersoll has made many important contributions to planetary science through his career, and in Planetary Climates he wields his immense expertise to really get across the weirdness of weather systems on other worlds."---Lewis Dartnell, BBC Sky at Night
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1. Introduction: The Diversity Of Planetary Climates
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2. Venus: Atmospheric Evolution
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3. Venus: Energy Transport and Winds
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4. Mars: Long-Term Climate Change
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5. Mars: The Present Era
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6. Titan, Moons, and Small Planets
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7. Jupiter the Gas Giant
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8. Jupiter Winds and Weather
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9. Saturn
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10. Uranus, Neptune, and Exoplanets
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11. Conclusion
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Glossary
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Notes
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Further Reading
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Index
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June 16, 2015
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9781400848232
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Keywords for this book
Giant planet; Water vapor; Spacecraft; Convection; Atmosphere of Earth; Saturn; Nitrogen; Molecule; Methane; Exoplanet; Atmosphere of Jupiter; Vapor; Carbon dioxide; Water; Bar (unit); Evaporation; Jupiter; Photon; Vorticity; Thunderstorm; Temperature; Vapor pressure; Coriolis force; Eddy (fluid dynamics); Wavelength; Northern Hemisphere; Terrestrial planet; Atmosphere of Mars; Ice; Atmospheric pressure; Lapse rate; Greenhouse gas; Hadley cell; Temperature gradient; Hydrogen atom; Stratosphere; Kinetic energy; Anticyclone; Partial pressure; Internal energy; Climate; Weather; Latent heat; Year; Optical depth; Radio wave; Atmosphere of Venus; Cloud top; Albedo; Cloud; Galileo Probe; Climate of Mars; Atmospheric escape; Runaway greenhouse effect; Equation of state; Neptune; Southern Hemisphere; Centrifugal force; Rotation period; Clockwise; Greenhouse effect; Formation and evolution of the Solar System; Noble gas; Meteorology; Spectral line; Thermodynamic temperature; Heat transfer; Climatology; Planetary boundary layer; Dust devil
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
