The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science (Second Edition)

Skinner, Brian J.; Porter, Stephen C.; Botkin, Daniel B.

ISBN 10: 0471161144 / ISBN 13: 9780471161141

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999

Beschreibung

xxiii+552pp., Pictorial full colour photographic laminated boards, preface, about the authors, col. plts. & text ills., full page col. photographs, maps, diags., tables, appends., gloss., index. This book is an introduction to the science of the holistic view of the Earth. It is about the interactions between the different parts of the Earth- the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere. It is the book that presents a new view of the Earth that has come to be called Earth system science. Size: Quarto.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002169

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science (Second Edition)
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0471161144
• ISBN-13: 9780471161141
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Second Edition.
• Zustand: As New
• Buchtyp: Book

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Inhaltsangabe

The image of the Earth on the front cover was acquired from the GOES--8 Imager by the Laboratory for Atmosphere at NASAa S Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It was taken on September 2, 1994, using two channels for the Imager to produce a "natural color" effect. The photos shown here on the back cover illustrate the four spheres of the Earth system -- the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere -- together with changes being produced by human activities.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian Skinner, Yale University Stephen Porter, University of Washington Daniel Botkin, George Mason University