Encyclopedia of World Climatology

2005
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3264-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 854 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 2345 g

Reihe: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Today, given the well-publicized impacts of events such as El Niño, there is an unequaled public awareness of how climate affects the quality of life and environment. Such awareness has created an increasing demand for accurate climatological information. This information is now available in one convenient, accessible source, the Encyclopedia of World Climatology. This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies information on climates in major continental areas, and explains the intricacies of climatic processes. The level of presentation will meet the needs of specialists, university students, and educated laypersons.

A successor to the 1986 Encyclopedia of Climatology, this compendium provides a clear explanation of current knowledge and research directions in modern climatology. This new encyclopedia emphasizes climatological developments that have evolved over the past twenty years. It offers more than 200 informative articles prepared by 150 experts on numerous subjects, ranging from standard areas of study to the latest research studies.

The relationship between climatology and both physical and social science is fully explored, as is the significance of climate for our future well-being. The information is organized for speedy access. Entries are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, thoroughly indexed, and cross-referenced. Every entry contains useful citations to additional source materials.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oliver, John E.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tentative Table of Contents

Aerosols

Africa, Climate of

Agroclimatology

Air Pollution Climatology

Airmass Climatology

Albedo and Reflectivity

Aleutian Low

Angular Momentum, Velocity

Antarctic Climates

Applied Climatology

Archeoclimatology

Architecture and Climate

Arctic Climates

Arid Climates

Aridity Indexes

Art and Climate

Asia, Climate of Central and East

Asia, Climate of South

Asia, Climate of Southwest (Middle East)

Atmosphere

Atmospheric Circulation, Global

Atmospheric Nomenclature

Atmospheric Nuclei and Dust

Australia and New Zealand, Climate of

Azores (Bermuda) High

Beaufort Wind Scale

Bioclimatology

Blizzard Climatology

Blocking

Boreal Zone

Boundary Layer Climatology

Bowen Ratio

Budyko, M.L.

Carbon-14 Dating

Centers of Action

Central America and the Caribbean, Climate of

Climate Affairs

Climate Change and Health

Climate Change Impact Studies

Climate Comfort Indices

Climate Data Centers

Climate Modeling Centers

Climatic Change and Ancient Civ.

Climatic Classification

Climatic Hazards

Climatic Variation, Historical Record **

Climatic Variation, Instrumental Data

Climatic Vulnerability

Climatology

Climatology, History of

Cloud Climatology

Coastal Climate

Commerce and Climate

Condensation

Continental Climate/Continentality

Coral Reefs and Climate

Coriolis Effect

Crime and Climate

Cultural Climatology

Cycles and Periodicities

Degree Days

Desertification

Deserts

Determinism, Climatic

Dew/Dew Point

Doldrums

Drought

Dynamic Climatology

Earth Laws and Climatology

Easterly Waves

Ekman (Spiral) Layer

El Nino

Electromagnetic Radiation

Energy Budget Climatology

Europe, Climate of

Evaporation

Evapotranspiration

Extratropical Cyclones

Ferrel Cell

Flohn, Hermann

Fog and Mist

Folklore, Proverbs and Climate

Frost

Gentilli

Geomorphology and Climate

Global Environmental Change

Global Warming & Climate Change

Greenhouse Effect/Gases

Hadley Cell

Hadley, G.

Hail

Hare, Kenneth

Heat Index

Heat Low

Holocene Epoch

Horse Latitudes

Howard, Luke

Human Health and Climate

Humboldt, A. von

Humid Climates

Humidity

Hurricanes, Data and Sources

Hydroclimatology

Ice Ages

Icebergs & Heinrich Events

Icelandic Low

Indian Summer

Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change

Intertropical Convergence Zone

Inversion

Iso" Terms

Jet Streams

Katabatic (Gravity) Winds

Kepler's Laws

Koppen, W.

Krakatoa Winds

Kyoto Protocol

Lakes, Effects on Climate

Lamb, H.H.

Land and Sea Breezes

Landsberg, Helmut

Lapse Rate

Latent Heat

Lightning

Literature and Climate

Little Ice Age **

Local Climatology

Local Winds

Madden-Julian Oscillation

Maritime Climate

Mather, J.R.

Maunder Minimum

Maury, M.F.

Medieval Warm Period

Mediterranean Climates

Microclimatology

Middle Latitude Climates

Milankovitch, M.

Military Affairs and Climate

Models, Climatic

Monsoon and Monsoon Climates

Montreal Protocol

Mountain and Valley Winds

Mountain Climates

National Center for Atmospheric Research

National Climate Data Center

New Zealand, see Australia

North America, Climate of

North American High

North Atlantic Oscillation

Ocean Circulation

Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction

Orographic Precipitation

Oscillations

Ozone, Atmospheric

Pacific (Hawaiian) High

Pacific North American Osc.

Paleoclimatology

Palmer Drought Index

Phase Changes

Precipitation

Precipitation Distribution

Pressure, Surface

Pressure, Upper Air

Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Radar, Climatic Applications

Radiation Climatology

Radiation Laws

Rain Forest Climate

Rain Shadow

Reanalysis

Relative Humidity

Religion and Climate

Rossby Number/Rossby Wave

Satellite Climatology

Savanna Climate

Scales of Climate

Sea Ice and Climate

Sea Level Rise

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Climate Prediction

Seasonality: Astronomic Forcing

Seasons

Sensible Heat

Siberian (Asiatic) High

Singularities

Snow and Snow Cover

Solar Activity

Solar Constant

Solar Flare

Solar Radiation

Solar Wind

South America, Climate of

Southern Oscillation

Sports and Climate

Spring Green Wave

Standard Atmosphere

Statistical Climatology

Sunspot Cycles **

Sunspots

Sunspots, Environmental Influence

Synoptic Climatology

Taiga Climate

Teleconnections

Temperature Distribution

Terrestrial Radiation

Thornthwaite, C.W.

Thunder

Thunderstorms

Tornadoes

Tourism and Climate

Trade Winds

Tree-Ring Analysis

Tropical and Equatorial Climates

Tropical Cyclones

Troposphere

Tundra Climate

Turbulence and Diffusion

Ultraviolet Radiation Units and Conversions

Urban Climatology

Vegetation and Climate

Volcanoes and Climate

Vorticity

Walker Circulation

Water Budget Analysis

Weather

Wind Chill

Wind Power Climatology

Winds and Wind Systems

Zonal Index

Zones, Climatic

Über Autor(innen)

John E. Oliver is Professor Emeritus at Indiana State University. He holds a B.Sc. from London University, and an MA and Ph.D from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia University and then at Indiana State where he was formerly Chair of the Geography-Geology Department, and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. He has written many books and journal articles in Climatology, Applied Climatology and Physical Geography.