古氣候學
外观
古氣候學(Paleoclimatology或palaeoclimatology)是研究古代地质时期气候條件並試圖建立可靠的大氣過程模型的綜合科學。包含許多學科組成。古氣候的變遷則記錄呈現於地層、樹輪、冰層和珊瑚之中,記錄了地球長達46億年的歷史,古氣候學就是在地層等自然指標中估測某些重要的氣候因子,用以說明了地球氣候系統變遷幅度情況以及邊界條件,並藉此整理出影響氣候長短期變遷的主要及次要因素。[1]
參考文獻
外部連結
- A Brief Introduction to History of Climate, an excellent overview by Prof. Richard A Muller of UC Berkley.
- NOAA Paleoclimatology
- AGU Paleoclimatology and climate system dynamics
- Paleoclimatology in the 21st century
- Environmental Literacy Council
- Climate change and Palaeoclimatology News Archive
- The Uplift-Weathering Hypothesis
- NASA's GISS paleoclimate site
- CalPal — Cologne Radiocarbon Calibration & Paleoclimate Research Package
- W. F. Ruddiman. Ice-driven CO2 feedback on ice volume (PDF). Clim. Past. 2006, 2 (1): 43–55. doi:10.5194/cp-2-43-2006.
- Rapid Climate Change
- Short history of climate