Advances in geophysics
Series: Advances in Geophysics -- v.26; Advances in geophysics
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780080568553
Subjects: Weather; Geophysics; Geology -- Periodicals; Geology; Physics -- Periodicals; Weather -- Periodicals; Physics
Description: ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS VOLUME 26.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in Geophysics, Volume 26; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Erratum; Chapter 1. Structure of the Core and Lower Mantle; 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamo Energetics; 3. Structure of the Outer Core; 4. Structure of the Inner Core; 5. Structure of D""; 6. Structure of Deep-Mantle Plumes; 7. Thermal History of the Earth; 8. Summary Appendix. Energy Available from Gravitational Separation; References; Chapter 2. Pre-Pleistocene Paleoclimates: The Geological and Paleontological Evidence; Modeling Strategies, Boundary Condition, and Some Preliminary Results; 1. Introduction; title: 2. Paleoclimatic Indicators3. Pre-Pleistocene Paleoclimates and Paleoceanography; 4. Forcing Mechanisms in Long-Term Climatic Change; 5. Boundary Conditions for Paleoclimatic Modeling; 6. Paleoclimatic Modeling Strategies; 7. A Survey of Paleoclimatic Modeling Results; 8. Summary; References; Chapter 3 Climate Model Simulations of CO2- Induced Climatic Change; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematical Climate Models; 3. Comparison of Model Simulations of CO2-Induced Climatic Change; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusions and Recommendations; References; title: Chapter 4. Retrieval of Worldwide Precipitation and Allied Parameters from Satellite Microwave Observations1. Introduction; 2. The ESMR System; 3. Conversion of Brightness Temperature to Rain Rate: A Theoretical Approach; 4. Verification with Radar Data; 5. Verification by a Specially Designed Experiment; 6. Generation of Oceanic Rainfall Maps; 7. Intercomparison; 8. Analysis of Rainfall Maps; 9. New Features of Global Climatology Revealed by ESMR Rainfall Studies; 10. Periodic Variations of Precipitation in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean; 11. Ice Mapping; 12. Storm Structure Studies; title: 13. Qualitative Estimation of Rainfall Over Land Areas14. Retrieval of Other Geophysical Parameters; 15. Conclusion Appendix. Explanatory Notes; References; Index