REFERENCES

Gurney, R. J., J. L. Foster, and C. L. Parkinson. Atlas of satellite observations related to global change. Cambridge University Press, 1993, 470 pp.

Odum, Eugene P. Fundamentals of Ecology, Third Edition. W. B. Saunders Company, 1971, 574 pp.

Smith, David G., Ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences. Cambridge University Press. 1981, 496 pp.

Strahler, A. A., and A. H. Strahler. Modern Physical Geography. John Wiley & Sons, 1978.

Waltman, W. J., E. R. Levine, and J. M. Kimble.. Proceedings of the First Soil Genesis Modeling Conference. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NB, 1992.

Source Material for Figures

Figure 1.01: Some examples of processes operating between major realms.

Drawn redesigned from Waltman, W.J., E.R. Levine, and J.M. Kimble. Proceedings of the First Soil Genesis Modeling Conference 1992 USDA SCS, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NE.

Figure 1.02: Diagram of atmospheric layers.

Ahrens, C.D. 1994. Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment. West Publishers, Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Suggested Reading

Lal, R., J. Kimble, E. Levine and B. A. Stewart (1995), Soils and Global Change, Advances in Soil Science. Boca Raton, CRC Press, Inc.

Mackenzie, F. T. (1998), Our Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change. Upper Saddle River, N.J., Prentice Hall.

Oremland, R. S. (1991), Biogeochemistry of Global Change: Radiatively Active Trace Gases. New York, Chapman & Hall.

Schlesinger, W. (1997), Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change. San Diego, Academic Press.

Vernadskii, V. I. and V. I. Vernadsky (1997), The Biosphere: Complete Annotated Edition. Translator: David Langmuir, The Hague, Springer Verlag.

Woodwell, G. M. (1984), The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in the Global Carbon Cycle: Measurement by Remote Sensing. New York, John Wiley & Sons.

URLs

The Earth realms:

http://capita.wustl.edu/CAPITA/CapitaReports/Metaphors/unbook.html#four

NASA/MTPE - Education Programs:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/education.html

The Earth System Science Module Project:

http://www.usra.edu/esse/essmp/essmp.html 

Earth System Science Curriculum Pages:

http://sdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ESD/earth.html

ESSC "EARTHCAST":

http://www.metolab3.umd.edu/~owen/EARTHCAST/

Links to Programs / Data Sources:

http://www.gcdis.usgcrp.gov/cgi-bin/gcdis-query-ssi2?international

More Links to Programs / Data Sources:

http://www.geog.umd.edu/landcover/sohlberg/remote-sensing.html

Global Change Science:

http://www.puc.ohio.gov/gcc/science.html

Global Warming and Climate Change - Table of Contents:

http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/toc.html

NSF Environmental and Global Change:

http://www.nsf.gov:80/stratare/egch/start.htm

US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Home Page:

http://www.usgcrp.gov/