A vast machine computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming / Paul N. Edwards.

Author/creator Edwards, Paul N.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxxvii, 518 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents Thinking globally -- Global space, universal time : seeing the planetary atmosphere -- Standards and networks : international meteorology and the Réseau Mondial -- Climatology and climate change before World War II -- Friction -- Numerical weather prediction -- The infinite forecast -- Making global data -- The first WWW -- Making data global -- Data wars -- Reanalysis : the do-over -- Parametrics and the limits of knowledge -- Simulation models and atmospheric politics, 1960-1992 -- Signal and noise : consensus, controversy, and climate change.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [441]-507) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009030678
ISBN9780262013925 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262013924 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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