Elementary Climate Physics

Fredric W. Taylor is Halley Professor of Physics in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the University of Oxford.

• 1. The Climate System ; 2. Solar Radiation and the Energy Budget of the Earth ; 3. Atmosphere and Climate ; 4. Clouds and Aerosols ; 5. Ocean and Climate ; 6. Radiative Transfer ; 7. Earth's Energy Budget: The Greenhouse Effect ; 8. The Ozone Layer ; 9. Climate Observations by Remote Sensing ; 10. Climate Sensitivity and Change ; 11. Climate Models and Predictions ; 12. Climate on other Planets ; 13. Epilogue

Fredric Taylor's Elementary Climate Physics is an easy-to-read and useful introduction for undergraduate and graduate students who are intersted in this increasingly important area of physics.