Prof. Dr. David Jou Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Dept. Fisica - Edifici Cc Grup Fisica Estadistica Bellaterra 08193 Catalonia, Spain Prof. Dr. Georgy Lebon Université de Liège Dept. d’Astrophysique G´ ophysique et Oc´ anographie e e B5 Sart Tilman Liege 4000 Belgium Prof. Dr. José Casas-Vázquez Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Dept. Fisica - Edifici Cc Grup Fisica Estadistica Bellaterra 08193 Catalonia, Spain Cover image: Thermal radiation leaving the Earth, seen by the EOS-Terra satellite (NASA). Image from . Owner: NASA. ISBN: 978-3-540-74251-7 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-74252-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007935452 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All.
