Mountain, Weather and Climate
R.G. Barry(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published in February 1992
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-415-07112-3 (ISBN)
Description
Mountains and high plateau areas account for 20% of the Earth's land surface. They give rise to a wide range of meteorological phenomena and distinctive climatic characteristics of consequence for ecology, forestry, glaciology and hydrology. "Mountain Weather and Climate" remains the only comprehensive text describing and explaining mountain weather and climate processes. It presents the results of a broad range of meteorological and climatological studies drawn from across the world. Following an introductory survey of the historical aspects of mountain meteorology, three chapters deal with the latitudinal, altitudinal and topographic controls of meteorological elements in mountains, circulation systems related to orography and the climatic characteristics of mountains. The author supplies regional case studies of selected mountain climates from New Guinea to the Yukon, a chapter on bioclimatology that examines human bioclimatology, weather hazards and air pollution and a concluding chapter on the evidence for and the significance of changes in mountain climates.
Since the first edition of this book appeared a decade ago there has been a number of important field programs This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in geography and environmental sciences.
Since the first edition of this book appeared a decade ago there has been a number of important field programs This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in geography and environmental sciences.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, 16 b&w photographs and 130 line drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
940 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-07112-3 (9780415071123)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Mountains and their climatological study chapter; geographical controls of mountain meteorological elements chapter; circulation systems related to orography chapter; climatic characteristics of mountains chapter; case studies chapter; mountain bioclimatology; changes in mountain climates.