Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings)

Vol. 121 (December 2004)

ERCA

From Indoor Air Pollution to the Search for Earth-like Planets in the Cosmos
European Research Course on Atmospheres, Grenoble, France

Claude Boutron

• Foreword     p. IX
  Claude Boutron
  Abstract | PDF file (24.0 KB)



• Astronomical theory of climate change     p. 1
  A. Berger and M.F. Loutre
  Abstract | PDF file (475 KB)



• Global vegetation and climate: Self-beneficial effects, climate forcings and climate feedbacks     p. 37
  R.A. Betts
  Abstract | PDF file (702 KB)



• The role of clouds in the climate system     p. 61
  M. Quante
  Abstract | PDF file (335 KB)



• Ice nucleation active bacteria and their potential role in precipitation     p. 87
  C.E. Morris, D.G. Georgakopoulos and D.C. Sands
  Abstract | PDF file (168 KB)



• Atmospheres as engines: Heat, work and entropy     p. 105
  R.D. Lorenz
  Abstract | PDF file (135 KB)



• On the role of Antarctica as heat sink for the global atmosphere     p. 115
  M.R. van den Broeke
  Abstract | PDF file (394 KB)



• The atmospheric response to boundary forcing and the use of diagnostic models     p. 125
  N.M.J. Hall
  Abstract | PDF file (366 KB)



• Extreme climatic events: Examples from the alpine region     p. 139
  M. Beniston
  Abstract | PDF file (614 KB)



• The solar magnetic activity and earth's climate     p. 151
  H. Lundstedt
  Abstract | PDF file (202 KB)



• Economic approach to climate policies and stakes of international negotiations     p. 161
  P. Criqui and D. Cavard
  Abstract | PDF file (87.2 KB)



• Energy and climate change : Discussing two opposite evolutions     p. 171
  J.-M. Jancovici
  Abstract | PDF file (379 KB)



• Toxicity, sources and biogeochemical cycle of mercury     p. 185
  P. Jitaru and F. Adams
  Abstract | PDF file (464 KB)



• Springtime accumulation of atmospheric mercury in polar ecosystems     p. 195
  R. Ebinghaus, C. Temme, S.E. Lindberg and K.J. Scott
  Abstract | PDF file (232 KB)



• Indoor air pollution     p. 209
  P. Brimblecombe and M. Cashmore
  Abstract | PDF file (97.4 KB)



• Recent applications of Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy: Halogen chemistry in the lower troposphere     p. 223
  A. Saiz-Lopez and J.M.C. Plane
  Abstract | PDF file (634 KB)



• Middle atmospheric temperature measurements with lidar     p. 239
  P. Keckhut
  Abstract | PDF file (129 KB)



• BepiColombo: A visit to Mercury     p. 249
  R. Schulz
  Abstract | PDF file (240 KB)



• The formation and detection of extrasolar habitable worlds     p. 259
  J.I. Lunine
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• Productivity in agricultural systems under climate change scenarios. Evaluation and adaptation     p. 269
  M.I. Mínguez, M. Ruiz-Ramos, C.H. Díaz-Ambrona and M. Quemada
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• Wet and cold thick atmosphere on early Mars     p. 283
  C.P. McKay
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