Climates & Weather Explained.pdf

CLIMATES AND WEATHER EXPLAINED

What do we mean by ‘weather’ and ‘climate’? How do we account for them? Why is it necessary to understand

meteorological processes to explain the climate? These are some of the questions dealt with in Climates and

Weather Explained, a comprehensive introduction to the study of the atmosphere, integrating climatology

and meteorology.

The book provides an entry to an understanding of the climate system, with clear explanations of basic

principles, concepts and processes. It covers matters ranging from the origin of the atmosphere to the future

of global climates. It is shown how patterns of evaporation, temperature, clouds, winds etc. arise from the

weather and determine climates. The text is supported by a wealth of informative illustrations and a vast

array of case studies demonstrating the relevance of the subject matter to everyday life.

There is a focus on the southern hemisphere, to redress a bias in existing literature, which concentrates

on northern hemisphere conditions. This allows fresh insight into many topics. However, the universal

nature of the basic information makes the book almost equally relevant to northern readers. Considerable

attention is given to topics of quite general interest, such as global warming, natural hazards, the sustainable

global population, agriculture, heat deaths, drought, windchill, weather forecasting, human comfort, and

much else.

The book is supplemented by a novel feature—an attached interactive CD-ROM, which contains an

enormous amount of additional material in greater detail and for more advanced study. This unique resource

is closely related to each chapter of the book, with extensive cross-referencing and hypertext presentation.

The CD-ROM contains valuable information for both student and teacher, as follows:

over 170 scientific notes, with 40 additional illustrations and more tables

application to northern climates

a gallery of meteorological photographs

an extended glossary, with key-word searching

multi-choice questions (with answers)

suggestions of essay topics and instructive experiments

advice on writing and assessing scientific papers

ideas on the teaching of topics in each chapter

WWW addresses, a guide to further reading and a full bibliography.

Information is included for enabling the reader to navigate through the information, for print-out and

download options, flexible access and user pathways.

A special Instructors’ Resource Pack is also available from the publisher, containing an additional Instructors’

CD-ROM.

Edward Linacre is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Geography at the Australian National University.

Bart Geerts is Assistant Professor in Meteorology at the Embry-Riddle University, Prescott, Arizona.

CLIMATES AND WEATHER

EXPLAINED

Edward Linacre and Bart Geerts

London and New York

First published 1997

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,

mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter

invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any

information storage or retrieval system, without permission in

writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Linacre, Edward

Climates and weather explained: an introduction from a southern

perspective/Edward Linacre and Bart Geerts.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Atmospheric physics. 2. Climatology. 3. Meteorology.

4. Southern Hemisphere—Climate. I. Geerts, Bart.

II. Title.

QC861.2.L547 1996

551.5–dc20 96–13601

CIP

ISBN 0-203-04263-8 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-20252-X (Adobe eReader Format)

ISBN 0-415-12519-7 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-12520-0 (pbk)

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: