The Encyclopedia of Climatology

1. Front Matter

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2. A

   1. Acid rain

      • John E. Oliver

      Pages 1-4

   2. Adiabatic phenomena

      • Rhodes W. Fairbridge

      Pages 4-4

   3. Aerology

      • Raymond Deland

      Pages 4-5

   4. Aerosols

      • Robert A. Duce

      Pages 5-6

   5. Africa , climate of

      • John F. Griffiths

      Pages 6-16

   6. Airmass climatology

      • William T. Corcoran

      Pages 22-27

   7. Air pollution climatology

      • George Charles Holzworth

      Pages 27-39

   8. Albedo and reflectivity

      • Samuel N. Goward

      Pages 39-42

   9. Aleutian low

      • M. Binkley

      Pages 42-43

   10. Angular momentum angular velocity

       • Rhodes W. Fairbridge

       Pages 43-44

   11. Antarctic climates

       • Andrew M. Carleton

       Pages 44-64

   12. Applied climatology

       • Keith Smith

       Pages 64-68

   13. Arctic climates

       • Bea Taylor Alt

       Pages 82-91

   14. Arctic front

       • M. Binkley

       Pages 91-92

   15. Arid climates

       • R. W. Durrenberger

       Pages 92-102

   16. Aridity indexes

       • Stephen J. Stadler

       Pages 102-107

   17. Art and climate

       • Hans Neuberger

       Pages 108-116

   18. Asia, climate of

       • William A. Dando

       Pages 116-126

3. C

   1. Climatology, history of

      • David H. Miller

      Pages 338-347

Today's greater public awareness of how climate affects our quality of life and environment has created an increasing demand for climatological information. Now this information is available in one convenient, accessible source, The Encyclopedia of Climatology. This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies data on climates in major continental areas and explains what is known about the causes of climatic processes and changes. Contents include articles on bioclimatology, El Niño, climatic models, world regional climates, civilization and climate, climatic variations and the greenhouse effect.

• Aerosol
• atmosphere
• Atmospheric circulation
• climate
• climatology
• Frost
• Greenhouse effect
• ocean
• ozone
• Precipitation
• Southern Oscillation
• temperature
• thunder
• Tornado
• wind
• climate change

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  Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Professor Rhodes W. Fairbridge is emeritus Professor of Geology at Columbia University and is now visiting scientist at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (NASA, NY). He has edited more that two dozen encyclopedias and authored more than three-hundred scientific publications.

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