Ice Ages and Interglacials Measurements, Interpretation and Models /

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Ice ages represent perhaps the most dramatic example of extreme climate change on the Earth. Understanding how and why ice ages occur is of great importance in our wider understanding of the global climate system and how it might change. If one examines Greenland ice data for the past 100,000 years,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapp, Donald (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Environmental Sciences,
Temas:
Atmospheric science.
Oceanography.
Climatology.
Astronomy.
Environment.
Atmospheric Science.
Ocean Sciences.
Climate Sciences.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Life and climate in an ice age
  • Variability of the Earth's climate
  • Ice core methodology
  • Ice core data
  • Ocean sediment data
  • Other data sources
  • Summary of climate variations
  • Overview of the various models for ice ages in the recent past
  • Variability of the Earth's orbit: Astronomical theory
  • Comparison of astronomical theory with data
  • Future prospects.

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