Human Impacts on Weather and Climate (Hardcover)

Part I. The Rise and Fall of the Science of Weather Modification by Cloud Seeding; 1. The rise of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding; 2. The glory years of weather modification; 3. The fall of the science of weather modification by cloud seeding; Part II. Human Impacts on Regional Weather and Climate; 4. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and gases; 5. Urban-induced changes in precipitation and weather; 6. Other landuse changes; 7. Concluding remarks regarding human impacts on regional weather and climate; Part III. Human Impacts on Global Climate; 8. Fundamental principles important to understanding global climate change; 9. Climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosol; 10. Nuclear winter; 11. The greenhouse gas theory; 12. Human impacts on biosphere forcing of climatic variability; Epilogue.