eBook

• Title
  
  
• Preface
  
  
• Acknowledgements
  
  
• Contents
  
  
• 1. Description of the climate system and of components
  
  
• 2. The Energy balance, hydrological and carbon cycles
  
  
• 3. Modelling of the climate system
  
  
• 4. The response of the climate system to a perturbation
  
  
• 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms
  
  
• 6. Future climate changes
  
  
• Symbols and acronyms
  
  
• Glossary