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Front Cover; Renewable Energy; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to fifth edition; Preface to fourth edition; Preface to third edition; Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; Units and conversion factors; Powers of 10; SI Units; Conversion Factors; I. Renewable Energy Resources; 1 Perspectives on energy resources; 1.1 Current renewable energy market; 1.2 Past and present energy resources; 1.2.1 Energy history; 1.3 Resource prospects for the future; 1.4 Global temperature impacts and other climate impacts; 1.5 Role of environmental and social issues; 1.6 The sustainability test.

2.2.1.1 The disposition of incoming radiation2.2.2 Radiation at the Earth's surface; 2.2.2.1 Direct and scattered radiation; 2.2.2.2 Disposition of radiation at the Earth's surface; 2.2.2.3 Disposition of radiation in the atmosphere; 2.2.2.4 Annual, seasonal, and diurnal variations in the radiation fluxes at the Earth's surface; 2.2.2.5 Penetration of solar radiation; 2.3 Processes near the surface of the Earth; 2.3.1 The atmosphere; 2.3.1.1 Particles in the atmosphere; 2.3.1.2 Absorption and scattering in the atmosphere; 2.3.1.3 Absorption processes in different frequency regions.

2.3.1.4 Models for the description of scattered radiation2.3.1.5 The types of stored energy; 2.3.1.6 Total energy fluxes; 2.3.1.7 Energy transfer processes; 2.3.1.8 Vertical transport in the Earth-atmosphere boundary layer; 2.3.1.9 The description of atmospheric motion; 2.3.1.10 Time averaging; 2.3.1.11 Features of the observed atmospheric circulation; 2.3.1.12 Energy conversion processes and the separation of scales of motion; 2.3.1.13 Creation and destruction of kinetic energy; 2.3.1.14 Models of general atmospheric circulation; 2.3.2 The oceans and continents; 2.3.2.1 The water cycle.

2.3.2.2 Evaporation processes2.3.2.3 The state variables of the oceans; 2.3.2.4 Scales of oceanic motion; 2.3.2.5 Joint models of general circulation in oceans and atmosphere; 2.3.3 The climate; 2.3.3.1 Climate variables; 2.3.3.2 Stability of climate; 2.3.3.3 The ergodic hypothesis; 2.4 The energy cycle of the Earth; 2.4.1 Flows of energy and matter; 2.4.1.1 The undisturbed energy cycle; 2.4.1.2 Man's interference with the energy cycle; 2.4.1.3 Matter cycles; 2.4.1.4 The carbon cycle; 2.4.1.5 The nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen fixation; Fertilizer production; Denitrification processes.