The Blue Planet An Introduction to Earth System Science
New York: Wiley, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #12201
ISBN: 0471161144
Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square and with minor wear. Published without Dust Jacket. The image of the Earth on the front cover was acquired from the GOES-8 Imager by the Laboratory for Atmosphere at NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It was taken on September 2, 1994, using two channels for the Imager to produce a "natural color" effect. The photos shown here on the back cover illustrate the four spheres of the Earth system - the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere - together with changes being produced by human activities. ; Textbook; Color Illustrations; 10.87 X 8.74 X 1.02 inches; 576 pages DG1.
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