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Observed Global Climate

Editors:

  1. M. Hantel

    1. Institute for Meteorolgy and Geophysics (IMGW), University of Vienna, UZA II; Pharmaziezentrum (2G 507), Wien, Austria

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  • Standard reference book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists
  • Also available online in www.springerLink.com
  • http://www.landolt-boernstein.com
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series (LANDOLT 3, volume 6)

Part of the book sub series: Geophysics (LANDOLT 5)

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. 0 Executive summary

    • M. Hantel
    Pages 1-6

  5. 3 Data management (Part 1/2)

    • F. Rubel, M. Kottek
    Pages 1-13

  6. 3 Data management (Part 2/2)

    • F. Rubel, M. Kottek
    Pages 14-15

  7. 4 Radiation budget of the climate system (Part 1/5)

    • E. Raschke, A. Ohmura
    Pages 1-24

  8. 4 Radiation budget of the climate system (Part 2/5)

    • E. Raschke, A. Ohmura
    Pages 25-46

  9. 4 Radiation budget of the climate system (Part 3/5)

    • E. Raschke, A. Ohmura
    Pages 51-75

  10. 4 Radiation budget of the climate system (Part 4/5)

    • E. Raschke, A. Ohmura
    Pages 76-89

  11. 4 Radiation budget of the climate system (Part 5/5)

    • E. Raschke, A. Ohmura
    Pages 90-107

  12. 5 Water vapor in the atmosphere

    • E. Raschke, C. Stubenrauch
    Pages 1-21

  13. 6 Clouds

    • C. Stubenrauch
    Pages 1-27

  14. 7 Global chemistry

    • L. Emmons, C. Granier, G. Brasseur
    Pages 1-13

  15. 8 Global aerosols

    • R. Jaenicke
    Pages 1-9
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About this book

The volume "Observed Global Climate" comprises a set of climate budget quantities, relevant for atmosphere and ocean (the "climate fluids") as well as for land and ice (the "climate solids"). Examples for budget quantities are temperature, salinity, wind, rain, radiation. They are displayed in standardised form for all climate subsystems.

The data are arranged around the budget principle which is basic for the entire climate system. The book demonstrates that budgeting is not only a useful principle but also that "budget-thinking" has practically become state of the art in modern quantitative climatology. Examples include the global water budget (consistency of the components better than 10%) and the global energy budget (consistency better than 5%).

The data are based on direct observations but have been subject to data assimilation. They are presented in gridded form and in form of maps and sections. The DVD carries the data, the original articles, figures in original colours, plus additional material like animations of the most important climate parameters and selected non-standard quantities. The gridded fields can be loaded by the user from the DVD into the personal computer.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Meteorolgy and Geophysics (IMGW), University of Vienna, UZA II; Pharmaziezentrum (2G 507), Wien, Austria

    M. Hantel

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