Human Impacts on Weather and Climate [Paperback]

Written for undergraduates, graduates in atmospheric and environmental science, this 2007 text examines impacts on the Earth's climate.This 2007 edition examines the debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. This will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and policy makers and general readers interested in global climate change.This 2007 edition examines the debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. This will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and policy makers and general readers interested in global climate change.This 2007 edition of Human Impacts on Weather and Climate examines the scientific and political debates surrounding anthropogenic impacts on the Earth's climate and presents the most recent theories, data and modeling studies. The book discusses the concepts behind deliberate human attempts to modify the weather through cloud seeding, as well as inadvertent modification of weather and climate on the regional scale. The natural variability of weather and climate greatly complicates our ability to determine a clear cause-and-effect relationship to human activity. The authors describe the basic theories and critique them in simple and accessible terms. This fully revised edition will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science, and will also appeal to policy makers and general readers interested in how humans are affecting the global climate.Part I. The Rise and Fall of the Science of Weather Modification: 1. The rise of the science of weather modification; 2. The glory years of weather modification; 3. The fall of the science of weather modification; Part II. Inadvertent Human Impacts on Regl³0