Synopses & Reviews
This completely updated edition explores in detail the unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles. It provides a different perspective on one of the most difficult questions in the current global warming debate: how much of the recent temperature rise can be attributed to natural causes? The book examines the complex analysis required to assess the evidence for cycles with a minimum of mathematics. First Edition Hb (1992): 0-521-38178-9 First Edition Pb (1995): 0-521-47869-3
Synopsis
The unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles is explored in detail within this book.
Synopsis
Completely updated new edition exploring weather cycles for student and expert alike.
Synopsis
The unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles is explored in detail within this book. The evidence for and against the existence of such cycles is examined and the difficulties in establishing the credentials of cycles discussed. The general conclusion is that the case for weather cycles is not proven.
Synopsis
The unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles is explored in detail within this book.
Synopsis
This completely updated new edition explores in detail the unresolved debate on the existence of weather cycles, using a minimum of mathematics. This comprehensive and balanced account will appeal to the student and expert alike.
About the Author
After seven years at the UK National Physical Laboratory researching atmospheric physics, Bill Burroughs spent three years as a UK Scientific Attachéin Washington D.C. Between 1974 and 1995, he held a series of senior posts in the UK Departments of Energy and then Health. He is now a professional science writer and has published several books on various aspects of weather and climate (two as a co-author), and also three books for children on lasers. These books include Watching the World's Weather (1991), Weather Cycles (1992), Does the Weather Really Matter? (1997), The Climate Revealed (1999), and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2001), all with Cambridge University Press. In addition, he acted as lead author for the World Meteorological Organisation on a book entitled Climate: Into the Twenty-First Century. He has also written widely on the weather and climate in newspapers and popular magazines.
Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The search for cycles; 2. Statistical background; 3. Instrumental records; 4. Proxy data; 5. The global climate; 6. Extraterrestrial influences; 7. Autovariance and other explanations; 8. Nothing more than chaos?; Appendix A.1. Measures of variability; A.2. Sherman's statistic; A.3. Fourier series and Fourier analysis; A.4. Calculations of the coefficients of harmonic analysis; A.5. Maximum entropy spectral analysis (MESA); A.6. Smoothing and filtering; A.7. Wavelet analysis; A.8. Singular spectrum analysis; A.9. Noise; A.10. Detrending of prewhitening; Annotated bibliography; References; Glossary; Index.