LibGuides: Climate and Atmospheric Sciences: Researching Climate Science

Some Top Climate Science Journals

Also see Science, Nature, and PNAS. They have many articles on climate science these days.

Getting Started

Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (Oxford, 2011)
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (Sage, 2012)
Encyclopedia of Earth
2016 -- The Encyclopedia of Earth is inactive. Let's hope it is restored soon.
Science Reference Center
High School level
One example search. Change the words and search again, as needed.
CQ Researcher June 2013 report on Climate Change
This focuses more on policy than the science, but might have useful references.

Government Agencies and Other Web

IPCC AR5
Detailed summary of what the world's scientists know about climate change. From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2013-2014.
NOAA ClimateWatch
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate Change Adaptation Resouce Center (ARC-X)
EPA's interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities as the climate changes
Climate.gov

Databases, for Finding Journal Articles

Also see suggested resources for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Geography. And APPsearch.

Web of Science (ISI)

Web of Science also offers a true cited reference index, which allow you to trace particular research forward in time or backward in time to see how works grow and develop in a focused area of research.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides access to scholarly articles, conference papers, theses, books, and technical reports.

IPCC AR5 -- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report

Comprehensive review of the science of climate change. 2013-2014. Look at studies that the AR5 cites. It has a comprehensive bibliography at the end of each chapter. It's up to date through 2013-2014.

AR5 -- Synthesis Report
AR 5 -- Part 1 -- The Physical Science Basis
ASU Main Stacks QC981.8.C5 C511345 2014
AR 5 -- Part 2 -- Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
ASU Main Stacks QC903 .C443 2014 (2 volumes)
AR5 -- Part 3 -- Mitigation
ASU Main Stacks QC902.8 .I58 2014
Citing the AR5

Some of our Recent Books and eBooks

Search for ASU Books
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Global climate change: a primer
QD903 .P555 2011 (3rd Floor)
Pilkey, Orrin H., Keith C. Pilkey, and Mary Edna Fraser. 2011. Global climate change: a primer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
A short introduction to climate change
QC903 .E34 2013 (3rd Floor)
Eggleton, R. A. 2013. A short introduction to climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Experimenting on a small planet : a scholarly entertainment
e-book
Also a physical book in ASU Main Stacks QC981 .H36 2013 (3rd Floor)
Hay, William W. 2013. Experimenting on a small planet: a scholarly entertainment. Heidelberg : Springer.
Fundamentals of weather and climate
QC861.2 .M42 2010 (3rd Floor)
McIlveen, J. F. R., and J. F. R. McIlveen. 2010. Fundamentals of weather and climate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Physics and chemistry of clouds (eBook)
eBook
Lamb, Dennis. 2011. Physics and Chemistry of Clouds. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
The dance of air and sea : how oceans, weather, and life link together
GC190.2 .T39 2011 (2nd Floor)
Taylor, Arnold H. 2011. The dance of air and sea: how oceans, weather, and life link together. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society
eBook
Lever-Tracy, Constance . 2010. Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society. New York: Routledge.
Climate change : picturing the science
QC981.8.C5 S3556 2009 (3rd Floor)
Schmidt, Gavin, and Joshua Wolfe. 2009. Climate change: picturing the science. New York: W.W. Norton.
2014-2016 Books on climate
Books and ebooks, 2014 to present

Environmental Humanities -- Climate

The university hosted the Environmental Humanities Symposium on April 4, 2014.

Dale Jamieson -- Books
Dr. Jamieson's latest book is "Reason in a Dark Time : Why the Struggle against Climate Change Failed and What it Means for our Future." ASU Main Stacks GE40 .J36 2014
Dale Jamieson -- recent articles on climate
Most recently, Jamieson, D. W., & Di Paola, M. (2014). Climate Change and Global Justice: New Problem, Old Paradigm?. Global Policy, 5(1), 105-111.
Dale Jamieson -- video clips
Also see -- "College Classes Use Art to Brace for Climate Change"
NY Times article, 3/31/2014, by Richard Peréz-Peña.
Stephanie LeMenager -- book
LeMenager, Stephanie. 2014. Living oil: petroleum culture in the American century.
ASU Main Stacks PS169.E25 L36 2014

Contact -- John Wiswell

John Wiswell wiswellj@appstate.edu

Belk Library 225 262-7853

Available for consultations with students -- Email me.

AppState's AppalAIR and other research

Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research
Intensive interdisciplinary research and teaching program for exploring atmospheric processes. This involves subjects such as air pollution formation and transport, the relationship of pollution and natural aerosol sources to a changing climate, and their impacts on regional ecosystems, weather, and climate.

Report -- Explaining extreme weather events in terms of climate change

Report -- Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective
Herring, Stephanie C., Martin P. Hoerling, et al, editors. 2015. “Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective"
Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Vol. 96, No. 12, December 2015

Video -- Carbon Emissions, 1950-2006

Fossil Fuel Emissions (1950-2006)
1:26 minutes
Based on: Andres, R. J. et al 2011 (just below)
Andres et al 2011
Andres, R. J., J. S. Gregg, L. Losey, G. Marland, and T. A. Boden. 2011. “Monthly, Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Consumption.” Tellus B 63 (3): 309–327. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00530.x.

An Interesting Series of Articles

Some analysis of atmospheric response to the 2003 Electrical blackout in the northeastern US. Brett Taubman was a co-author on the original article.

The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry
Marufu, Lackson T., Brett F. Taubman, Bryan Bloomer, Charles A. Piety, Bruce G. Doddridge, Jeffrey W. Stehr, and Russell R. Dickerson. 2004. “The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry.” Geophysical Research Letters 31 (13): n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2004GL019771.
Comment on above article
Hansen, D. Alan, Eladio M. Knipping, and Naresh Kumar. 2005. “Comment on ‘The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry’ by L. T. Marufu et Al.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (10):. doi:10.1029/2004GL021962.
Reply by Authors to Comment on above article
Marufu, Lackson T., Brett F. Taubman, Bryan Bloomer, Charles A. Piety, Bruce G. Doddridge, Jeffrey W. Stehr, and Russell R. Dickerson. 2005. “Reply to Comment by D. A. Hansen et Al. on ‘The 2003 North American Electrical Blackout: An Accidental Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry’.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (10): n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2005GL022385.
Re-examination of the 2003 North American Electrical Blackout Impacts on Regional Air Quality
Hu, Yongtao, M. Talat Odman, and Armistead G. Russell. 2006. “Re-examination of the 2003 North American Electrical Blackout Impacts on Regional Air Quality.” Geophysical Research Letters 33 (22):. doi:10.1029/2006GL027252.

Climate and Atmospheric Sciences: Researching Climate Science

2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment

2018 Special Report by the IPCC -- Global Warmng of 1.5 degrees Celsius