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020 _a9780511535789 (ebook)
020 _z9780521817981 (hardback)
020 _z9780521100489 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC993.7
_b.W37 2004
082 0 0 _a551.6915/4
_222
100 1 _aWarner, Thomas T.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDesert meteorology /
_cThomas T. Warner.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 595 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).
520 _aAridity prevails over more than one third of the land area of the Earth and over a significant fraction of the oceans as well. Yet to date there has been no comprehensive reference volume or textbook dealing with the weather processes that define the character of desert areas. Desert Meteorology fills this gap by treating all aspects of desert weather, such as large-scale and local-scale causes of aridity; precipitation characteristics in deserts; dust storms; floods; climate change in deserts; precipitation processes; desertification; land-surface physics of deserts; numerical modelling of desert atmospheres; and the effect of desert weather on humans. A summary is provided of the climates and surface properties of the desert areas of the world. The book is written with the assumption that the reader has only a basic knowledge of meteorology, physics and calculus, making it useful to those in a wide range of disciplines. It includes review questions and problems for the student. This comprehensive volume will satisfy all who need to know more about the weather and climate of arid lands. It will appeal especially to advanced students and researchers in environmental science, meteorology, physical geography, hydrology and engineering.
651 0 _aArid regions climate.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521817981
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535789
999 _c522540
_d522538