Planetary climates / Andrew P. Ingersoll.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.Description: 278 p. : illISBN: - 9780691145051 (pbk.)
- 551.509 ING
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| 551.49 DAG Subsurface flow and transport : | 551.49 DAG Subsurface flow and transport : | 551.4903 HAM Geomorphology and hydrogeology : a handbook | 551.509 ING Planetary climates / | 551.518409544 KUM Monsoon ecologies : | 551.5271 HAI The sun's influence on climate / | 551.57 HYD Hydrological observations : |
Introduction: The diversity of planetary climates -- Venus : atmospheric evolution -- Venus : energy transport and winds -- Mars : long-term climate change -- Mars : the present era -- Titan, moons, and small planets -- Jupiter the gas giant -- Jupiter winds and weather -- Saturn -- Uranus, Neptune, and exoplanets -- Conclusion.
"Explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite. ... Along the way, readers learn the equations that describe how climate processes work, including atmospheric escape, convection, radiative heat transfer, condensation and evaporation, and the dynamics of rotating fluids."--Cover p. [4].
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