Beschreibung:
This second edition provides a completely up-to-date, scientifically rigorous yet highly accessible overview of Arctic climate science, for advanced students and researchers.
1. The evolution of knowledge about the Arctic and its climate; 2. Physical characteristics and basic climate features; 3. The basic atmospheric and ocean energy budgets; 4. The atmospheric circulation; 5. Energy exchanges at the surface; 6. Precipitation, net precipitation, and river discharge; 7. Arctic ocean-sea ice-climate interactions; 8. Climate regimes of the Arctic; 9. Modeling the Arctic climate system; 10. Arctic paleoclimates; 11. The uncertain future.