Planetary Climates / / Andrew Ingersoll.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ingersoll, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Primers in Climate ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 21 halftones. 15 line illus. 4 tables.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Introduction: The Diversity Of Planetary Climates --; 2. Venus: Atmospheric Evolution --; 3. Venus: Energy Transport and Winds --; 4. Mars: Long-Term Climate Change --; 5. Mars: The Present Era --; 6. Titan, Moons, and Small Planets --; 7. Jupiter the Gas Giant --; 8. Jupiter Winds and Weather --; 9. Saturn --; 10. Uranus, Neptune, and Exoplanets --; 11. Conclusion --; Glossary --; Notes --; Further Reading --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400848232; 9783110442502
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400848232?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andrew Ingersoll.

This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.