General climatology:
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| adam_text | Titel: General climatology
Autor: Critchfield, Howard J.
Jahr: 1974
PREFACE, xt
PART ONE
The Physical Elements of Weather and Climate
one
CLIMATE AND THE ATMOSPHERE, 5
The scope of climatology, 4
Nature of the atmosphere, 5
Origin of the atmosphere, 6
Composition of the atmosphere, 6
Vertical Divisions of the atmosphere, 8
two
HEAT AND TEMPERATURE, 12
The radiation budget, 12
Variability of insolation, 15
Measurement of sunshine and insolation, 18
World distribution of insolation, 20
Air temperature and its measurement, 21
Thermometers, 23
Temperature records, 25
Horizontal temperature distribution, 27
Vertical distribution of temperature, 32
vi Contents
three
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, 3S
Water vapor, 35
Humidity measurements, 37
Physical changes of state of water, 39
Processes of cooling to produce condensation and sublimation, 43
Clouds: Their formation and classification, 45
Cloud observations, 51
Fog, 53
Precipitation: Causes, forms, processes, and types, 56
Observations of precipitation, 60
Distribution of precipitation regionally, 61
Seasonal variation of rainfall, 64
four
MOTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE, 68
Atmospheric pressure, 68
Pressure-height relationships, 71
Horizontal pressure distribution, 72
Pressure and wind, 76
Factors affecting wind direction and speed, 77
Winds aloft, 79
Diurnal variations of wind speed, 80
Wind observations, 80
Mapping wind data, 84
Local winds, 86
General atmospheric circulation, 88
Upper-level waves and jet streams, 90
Seasonal changes in the general circulation, 93
The monsoons, 96
Oceanic circulation, 97
five
WEATHER DISTURBANCES, 100
Properties of air masses, 100
Air mass identification and analysis, 101
Stability and instability, 104
Air mass source regions and classification, 106
The extratropical cyclone, 109
The warm front, 111
The cold front, 112
Occluded fronts, 113
Mountain barriers and surface fronts, 115
Contents xñi
Anticyclones, 116
Tropical storms, 117
Thunderstorms, 121
Tornadoes and waterspouts, 124
Special air mass and storm effects, 127
Storm and air mass observations, 130
The weather map, 132
Regional weather patterns, 134
PART TWO
Climates of the World
six
CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION, 141
Approaches to climatic classification, 141
Koeppen s classification, 145
The Thornthwaite classifications, 148
Other classifications, 152
Climatic regions of the world, 153
seven
CLIMATES DOMINATED BY EQUATORIAL AND TROPICAL AIR MASSES, 1S6
The rainy tropics, 156
Monsoon tropics, 160
Wet-and-dry tropics, 164
Tropical arid and semiarid climates, 168
right
CLIMATES DOMINATED BY TROPICAL AND POLAR AIR MASSES, 174
Dry summer sub tropics, 174
Humid subtropics, 178
Marine climate, 182
Mid-latitude arid and semiarid climates, 188
Humid continental warm summer climate, 192
Humid continental cool summer climate, 196
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CLIMATES DOMINATED BY POLAR AND ARCTIC AIR MASSES;
HIGHLAND CLIMATES, 202
Taiga climate, 202
Tundra climate, 206
Polar climate, 209
Highland climates, 212
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PART THREE
Weather, Climate, and Life
ten
CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND SOILS, 221
Climatic factors in plant growth, 221
World distribution of vegetation, 225
Forests, 226
Grasslands, 228
Desert, 230
Tundra, 231
Vertical differentiation of vegetation, 233
Climate as a factor in soil formation, 235
Soil classification, 238
Spatial patterns of soils, 239
Soil erosion, 242
eleven
CLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES, 246
The hydrologie cycle, 247
The water budget at the earth s surface, 249
Evapotranspiration, 250
Soil moisture and ground water, 252
Runoff and floods, 254
Climatic causes of floods, 255
Runoff forecasting, 258
Snow surveying, 260
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CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE, 2*5
Climatic factors in crop production, 266
Temperature and crops, 266
Frost, 268
Frost prevention, 271
The frost-free season, 274
Phenology, 275
The moisture factor, 280
Drought, 281
Combating drought—irrigation, 284
Crops and wind, 286
Climate and forestry, 288
Forest-fire weather, 292
Climatic factors in animal husbandry, 293
Selection and breeding for climatic adaptation, 297
Insects and diseases, 297
Plant and animal introduction, 300
Contents ix
thirteen
CLIMATE, TRANSPORTATION, AND INDUSTRY, 303
Aviation, 303
Flying weather, 306
Turbulence, 308
Aircraft icing, 309
Flying in storms, 310
Water transport, 311
Railways and highways, 315
Public utilities, 318
Manufacturing, 321
Atmospheric pollution, 322
Construction, 326
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CLIMATE AND HOUSING, 330
Climatic aspects of site, 330
Climate conditioning, 333
Building orientation, 333
Climate conditioning through design, 334
Air conditioning, 340
Heating, 341
Cooling, 345
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CLIMATE AND HUMAN COMFORT, 347
Heat budget of the body, 348
Cooling power, 350
Clothing and climate, 353
Weather and health, 355
Sunshine and health, 357
Air pollution and health, 359
Climate and disease, 361
Acclimatization, 363
Perception of climate, 365
sixteen
CLIMATIC CHANGE, 368
Paleoclimatology, 369
Geochronology of climates, 370
Climate during recorded history, 375
Recent climatic trends, 376
Climatic cycles, 377
Theories of climatic change, 378
Forecasting climate, 382
Contents
seventeen
MODIFICATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE, 384
Modifying microclimates, 384
City climates, 385
Inadvertent modification of macroclimates, 389
Theoretical bases of planned modification, 392
Cloud modification, 397
Modification of storms, 401
Fog dispersal, 402
Implications of weather and climate modification, 404
APPENDICES
Appendix A Conversion equivalents, 409
Appendix  Abridged meteorological tables, 411
BIBLIOGRAPHY, 425
INDEX, 429
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