Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface to the first edition IX
3. Author’s preface to the fourth edition XI
4. Author’s preface to the third edition XIII
5. Author’s preface to the second edition XIX
6. Prologue XXI
7. Contents XXIII
8. List of principal symbols XXXI
9. 1 Introduction 1
10. 2 Physical fundamentals of the climate system 18
11. 3 Chemical fundamentals of the climate system 196
12. 4 Substances in the climate system. Part 1 272
13. 4 Substances in the climate system. Part 2 500
14. 5 Evolution of the climate system 646
15. 6 Humans and the climate system 768
16. 7 Final remarks 873
17. Appendix A: List of acronyms and abbreviations used in this volume 875
18. Appendix B: Quantities, units, and some useful numerical values 881
19. Appendix C: Earth’s geological timescale 885
20. References 887
21. Name index 991
22. Subject index 997