Tropical climatology : an introduction to the climates of the low latitudes
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書誌事項
Tropical climatology : an introduction to the climates of the low latitudes
Wiley, c1998
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  愛知
  三重
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  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-324) and indexes
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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: hbk ISBN 9780471966104
内容説明
This revised edition presents the student of geography with a non-technical treatment of the subject which should aid the understanding of the economic and social effects of climate in the tropical world. The text includes a discussion of climatic change and the importance of the tropics in climatic models, along with an analysis of the influence of elevation and ocean currents on diurnal and annual ranges of temperature.
目次
- Understanding the Laws of Weather and Climate
- Radiation Conditions in the Low Latitudes
- Tropical Temperatures
- General Circulation of the Topics
- Non-seasonal Variations of the Tropical Circulation
- Seasonal Variations in Regional Circulation Systems: The Monsoons
- Tropical Disturbances
- Water in Tropical Atmosphere
- Tropical Precipitation
- Tropical Climates
- Tropical Climates and Agriculture
- Climate Change
- References
- Indexes.
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780471966111
内容説明
Tropical Climatology Second Edition Glenn R. McGregor, The University of Birmingham, UK Simon Nieuwolt (deceased) Formerly Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph, Canada Climatology, the scientific study of climate, is not only concerned with explaining why a location's or region's climate is like it is but also with describing the nature and availability of the climate resource for a wide range of human activities. This subject is of great relevance to the tropics as climate in many ways controls the lives and economic activities of the approximately 2400 million people living in tropical regions. Tropical climates also have effects that reach far beyond the limits of the regions where they actually prevail: the global general circulation is largely driven by the export of considerable amounts of heat energy from tropical to extratropical latitudes: a large part of all atmospheric water content originates from the tropics, and intermittent tropical phenomena, like El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), not only influence the climates over extensive tropical areas but many parts of the extratropics. The climate sensitivity of populations and economic production in the tropics also makes these regions especially vulnerable to any negative impacts arising from human-induced climate change. Tropical Climatology aims to provide a geographical viewpoint on the physical processes in the tropical atmosphere: to offer explanations of how a location's climate is a product of these processes and to highlight the implications of tropical atmospheric behaviour and climate change for those living in the tropics. This is the second edition of the book and reflects the substantial developments in the field of tropical climatology which have taken place over the two decades since the publication of the first edition. New and updated material has been included on the nature of the general tropical circulation, the monsoons, the quasi-biennial oscillation, the 40-50 day tropical circulation, the El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon and its climatic impacts, tropical disturbances, the characteristics of regional tropical climates and climate change in the tropics. The readership of the book remains essentially the same as that for which the first edition was intended; second to third year students in geography and the environmental sciences who have some background in climatology. The updated reference list will, however, provide an entry point for non-specialist postgraduates into the field of tropical climatology.
目次
Understanding the Laws of Weather and Climate.
Radiation Conditions in the Low Latitudes.
Tropical Temperatures.
General Circulation of the Topics.
Non-seasonal Variations of the Tropical Circulation.
Seasonal Variations in Regional Circulation Systems: The Monsoons.
Tropical Disturbances.
Water in Tropical Atmosphere.
Tropical Precipitation.
Tropical Climates.
Tropical Climates and Agriculture.
Climate Change.
References.
Indexes.
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