Fundamentals and climate now

Author(s)

• Lamb, H. H.

Bibliographic Information

Fundamentals and climate now

H.H. Lamb

（Routledge revivals, . Climate : present, past and future ; v. 1）

Routledge, 2011, c1972

• : hbk

Note

Originally published: London : Methuen, 1972

Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-596) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1972, this first volume of Professor Lamb's study of our changing climate deals with the fundamentals of climate and climatology, as well as providing global data on the contemporary climates of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Part I: Fundamentals 1. Concepts and Definitions: the Weather, the Atmosphere and the Sun 2. Radiation and the Earth's Heat Supply 3. The Atmosphere in Motion 4. Seasonal Changes 5. The Stratosphere 6. Cyclic and Quasi-Periodic Phenomena 7. Anomalous Patterns of Atmospheric Circulation, Weather and Climate 8. The Oceans 9. The Water Cycle 10. Some Observed Causes of Climactic Variation Part II: Climate Now 11. Observational Reference Data and Classification of Climates

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Details

• NCID: BB07887933
• ISBN:
  • 9780415679503
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Abingdon
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 613 p., [1] leaves of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 551.6
  • DC23 : 551.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Climatic changes
  • LCSH : Climatology
  • LCSH : Paleoclimatology
  • LCSH : Weather forecasting
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA91192054