000			02703nam a22003378i 4500
001			CR9780511535772
003			UkCbUP
005			20200124160331.0
006			m|||||o||d||||||||
007			cr||||||||||||
008			090429s2007||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d
020			_a9780511535772 (ebook)
020			_z9780521851176 (hardback)
020			_z9780521172929 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC920 _b.S77 2007
082	0	4	_a551.577 _222
100	1		_aStrangeways, Ian, _d1932- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPrecipitation : _btheory, measurement and distribution / _cIan C. Strangeways.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aPart 1. Past theories of rain and snow. The ancients ; A renaissance -- pt. 2. Present theories of precipitation. Basic processes ; Cloud formation ; Cloud droplets, ice particles, and precipitation ; Lightning -- pt. 3. Measuring precipitation. Early attempts to measure rainfall ; Measuring precipitation with raingauges ; Measuring snow ; Measuring precipitation with radar ; Measuring precipitation from satellites -- pt. 4. The global distribution of precipitation. Raingauge and satellite datasets ; Precipitation means and trends ; Precipitation variability and extremes -- pt. 5. Future developments. The future of precipitation measurement.
520			_aPrecipitation plays a significant role in the climate system, and this book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in the generation of clouds, rain, snow and hail; how precipitation is measured; how its distribution has changed over time; and how we still need to make improvements to the way precipitation is measured. It traces our attempts to understand what clouds are, from ancient Greeks to the present day. It also discusses developments in the measurement of precipitation, from rain gauges to satellite techniques, and how these measurements have enabled researchers to estimate global trends, totals, variability and extremes of precipitation. This will be a valuable and fascinating reference for academic researchers in the fields of environmental science and climatology. It will also be of great interest to professionals in water resource and flood management.
650		0	_aPrecipitation (Meteorology)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521851176
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535772
999			_c522539 _d522537