Ian Strangeways

Precipitation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

2006 reference on precipitation for academic researchers and professionals in environmental science and climatology and water resource management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 704g
• ISBN-13: 9780521851176
• ISBN-10: 0521851173
• Artikelnr.: 21609399

Autorenporträt

Ian Strangeways is Director of TerraData, a consultancy in meteorological and hydrological instrumentation and data collection. He has also written Measuring the Natural Environment (Cambridge University Press, 2003), now in its second edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Past Theories of Rain and Snow: 1. The ancients
2. A renaissance
Part II. Present Theories of Precipitation: 3. Basic processes
4. Cloud formation
5. Cloud droplets, ice particles and precipitation
6. Lightning
Part III. Measuring Precipitation: 7. Early attempts to measure rainfall
8. Measuring precipitation with raingauges
9. Measuring snow
10. Measuring precipitation with radar
11. Measuring precipitation from satellites
Part IV. The Global Distribution of Precipitation: 12. Raingauge and satellite datasets
13. Precipitation means and trends
14. Precipitation variability and extremes
Part V. Future Developments: 15. The future of precipitation measurement
Appendix. Acronyms and abbreviations
Index.