Winds of Change :Fifty Years of Achievements in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 1946-1996

Publication subTitle :Fifty Years of Achievements in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 1946-1996

Author: Garratt John; Angus David; Holper Paul  

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING‎

Publication year: 1998

E-ISBN: 9780643101517

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780643063631

Subject: X171 Ecosystem ecology and pollution

Keyword: 自然科学史,环境保护管理

Language: ENG

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Description

Describes the evolution and development of CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research research throughout the years.

Chapter

Monitoring moisture, fighting frost

Probing the lower at mosphere

Measuring solar and thermal radiation

Measuring ozone in the upper atmosphere

Recorders, radars and radiometers

3 Expansion

Meteorology: from smallest to largest scales

Modelling the atmosphere: computers and water tanks

Ozone: high and low

Tracking radioactive fallout

Carbon dioxide studies begin

The growth of aircraft experiments

The great outdoors

Development of instruments for field experiments

4 Broadened Horizons

The atmosphere and the oceans in a tank of water

Outstanding in the field

What goes up…

Regional meteorology

Theories of atmospheric motion

Climate change: natural and unnatural

Research active and passive: remote sensing

Chemistry of the atmosphere

5 Capitalising on Investments

Meteorology: observations and models

Urban and regional air pollution

Dynamics of the atmosphere

Land, air and space: remote sensing

The changing composition of the atmosphere

Clouds and precipitation

Climate modelling and impacts

Epilogue

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