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The Encyclopedia of Climatology

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. J.E. Oliver
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  2. Rhodes W. Fairbridge

    1. New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)

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Table of contents (202 entries)

  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • New York, USA

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Encyclopedia of Climatology

  • Editors: J.E. Oliver, Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30749-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-30749-7Published: 21 September 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1388-4360

  • Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 1002

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change

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