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Climatology / Robert V. Rohli, Louisiana State University, Anthony J. Vega, Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xiii, 418 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781284119985 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.5 23 ROH
Contents:
The basics -- Introduction to climatology -- Atmospheric structure and composition -- Climatological processes -- Controls on the climate system -- Atmospheric interactions with other "spheres" -- Energy, matter, and momentum exchanges near the surface -- Global hydrologic cycle and surface water balance -- General circulation and secondary circulations -- Climates across space -- Climatic classification -- Extratropical northern hemisphere climates -- Tropical and southern hemisphere climates -- Climates through time -- Climate change and variability : a paleoclimatic overview -- Modern climatic change -- Linking spatial and temporal aspects of climate through quantitative -- Methods -- Relationships between climate and other endeavors -- Applied climatology, climate impacts, and climatic data -- Future of climatology -- Glossary.
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Table of contents

Part 1 The basics
Part 2 Climatological Processes 23

Part 3 Climates Across Space 155

Part 4 Climates Through Time 271

Part 5 Relationships Between Climate and Other Endeavors 345


Glossary 371

Index 398

Copyright


Includes bibliographic references and index.

Includes index.

The basics -- Introduction to climatology -- Atmospheric structure and composition -- Climatological processes -- Controls on the climate system -- Atmospheric interactions with other "spheres" -- Energy, matter, and momentum exchanges near the surface -- Global hydrologic cycle and surface water balance -- General circulation and secondary circulations -- Climates across space -- Climatic classification -- Extratropical northern hemisphere climates -- Tropical and southern hemisphere climates -- Climates through time -- Climate change and variability : a paleoclimatic overview -- Modern climatic change -- Linking spatial and temporal aspects of climate through quantitative -- Methods -- Relationships between climate and other endeavors -- Applied climatology, climate impacts, and climatic data -- Future of climatology -- Glossary.

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