Strangeways Ian, Ian Strangeways

Precipitation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 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: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780521172929
• ISBN-10: 0521172926
• Artikelnr.: 31387934

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.