Documents and references for climate physics
The problems
of climate physics, climate dynamics, global
warming and its consequences are often discussed
in a not so scientific way. You can find below
some scientific documents and references about
these subjects (with an emphasize on the problems
related to physical sciences).
Seminar of Ray Pierre-Humbert at AGU-2013:
I advice the excellent seminar of Ray
Pierre-Humbert on the history of the
successes (and sometimes failures) of
climate sciences to predict facts that have
been observed a-posteriori. Pierre-Humbert's
talk and slides.
Slides
about the
basics of
climate
physics:Slides
Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gases:
Video
Books for non-specialist scientists:
I
recommend the usually excellent small books
for non-specialist, from the series
"Princeton primers on climate", that cover
the basics of the subject at more or less an
undergraduate level
- Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate. D. Randall.
- Climate and Ecosystems. D. Schimel.
- Climate and the Oceans. G.K. Vallis.
- The Cryosphere. S.J. Marshall.
- The Global Carbon Cycle. D. Archer.
- Paleoclimate. M. L. Bender.
Scientific
textbooks:
For good summaries with no
scientific technicalities, have a look at the reports of
the National Research Council (NRC):
http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/
(The NRC depends on the National Academy of Science (United States)). These reports are much more readable than IPCC reports.
Look also at NOAA reports:
http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
You can find some of those reports here.
Some
good websites
dedicated to a
large audience:http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/
(The NRC depends on the National Academy of Science (United States)). These reports are much more readable than IPCC reports.
Look also at NOAA reports:
http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
You can find some of those reports here.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/
Large audience seminar on climate, in Lyon: “Changements de climat : changements de société ?”, organisée par Pauline Lachapelle dans le cadre des recontres "Et si on en parlait"