Instructor Companion Site Archer: Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast

Welcome

This comprehensive and accessible introduction examines the processes of climate change and climate stability, from the distant past to the distant future. Examining the greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle, and what the future may hold for global climate, this textbook draws from a wide range of disciplines, and summarizes not only scientific evidence, but also economic and policy issues, related to global warming.

For more information about the book, please click here.

On this web page you will find the following supplements to support Global Warming:

• Solutions Manual
• Interactive Computer Models & Sample Chapters
• Useful Web Links
• Artwork From The Book

Solutions Manual

This textbook is accompanied by a manual offering solutions to project problems. This is available to all lecturers who have adopted the book for course use or those who are considering using the book.

Interactive Computer Models & Sample Chapters

To access interactive computer models of the physics and chemistry behind the global warming forecast - which can be used to support suggested student projects included at the end of each chapter visit http://understandingtheforecast.org.

You can also preview and download sample chapters from the book at this site.

Useful Web Links

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Global Change Data
• Donate computer time to do climate runs
• Climate science blog site to which author is a contributor
• EdGCM, a climate model suitable for teaching to high school students
• German Advisory Council on Global Change
• Windmills in the jet stream