This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains
the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any
planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even
large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other
worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that
shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better
we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the
better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.