Global Physical Climatology, 3rd Edition 2026
Dennis L. Hartmann

Global Physical Climatology, is a textbook intended for upper-division undergraduate majors and beginning graduate students.
Third Edition is fully updated with a new color scheme.

The Climate System, Global Energy Balance, Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate, Energy Balance of the Surface, Hydrologic Cycle, Atmospheric General Circulation, Ocean General Circulation, Natural Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability , History and Evolution of Earth's Climate, Climate Sensitivity and Feedback Mechanisms, Global Climate Models, Natural Climate Change, Anthropogenic Climate Change.

Elsevier, 549 pp., 2026 . . . .
ISBN- 978-0-433-27331-5 2026 Third Edition
ISBN-13:978-01232853-1 ISBN-10: 0123285313 2016 Second Edition
ISBN 0-12-328530-5 . . . . QC981.H32 1994 First Edition

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Global Physical Climatology, 2nd Edition 2016
Dennis L. Hartmann

Global Physical Climatology, is a textbook intended for upper-division undergraduate majors and beginning graduate students.
Second Edition is in full color, fully updated, with a new chapter on modes of natural variability.

The Climate System, Global Energy Balance, Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate, Energy Balance of the Surface, Hydrologic Cycle, Atmospheric General Circulation, Ocean General Circulation, Natural Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability , History and Evolution of Earth's Climate, Climate Sensitivity and Feedback Mechanisms, Global Climate Models, Natural Climate Change, Anthropogenic Climate Change.

Elsevier, 498 pp., 2016 . . . .
ISBN-13:978-01232853-1 ISBN-10: 0123285313 2016 Second Edition
ISBN 0-12-328530-5 . . . . QC981.H32 1994 First Edition

Instructors can find figures for placing into classroom presentations here:

Figures for Lecture Presentation

Instructors can find solutions to some homework problems here:

PDFs of handwritten homework answers

CORRECTIONS to Second Edition: To view or download a list of GPC post-publication corrections, click here for pdf:

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CORRECTIONS to First Edition: To view or download a list of GPC post-publication corrections, click on link below to get a pdf:

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Note that most of these corrections have been made in the second printing that was done in 1997. So if you have the second printing, you don't need these.