Call number:
MOP 43049
;
MOP 40106
In:
Climate : present, past and future / H. H. Lamb, Vol. 1
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XXXI, 613 S : graph. Darst., Kt
Edition:
1st publ.
ISBN:
0416115306
Series Statement:
Climate : present, past and future / H. H. Lamb 1
Language:
English
Note:
Contents:
Tables. -
Figures. -
Acknowledgements. -
Foreword by Sir Graham Sutton. -
Introduction. -
Part I Fundamentals. -
1 Concepts and definitions: the weather, the atmosphere and the sun. -
2 Radiation and the Earth's heat supply. -
3 The atmosphere in motion. -
4 Seasonal changes. -
5 The stratosphere. -
6 Cyclic and quasi-periodic phenomena. -
7 Anomalous patterns of atmospheric circulation, Weather and climate. -
8 The oceans. -
9 The water cycle. -
10 Some observed causes of climatic variation. -
APPENDIXES TO PART I. -
I Supplementary tables. -
II The production and decay of radioactive carbon in the atmosphere. -
III Orbit data. -
IV Departures from the long-term average of monthly mean pressure at sea level associated, with different phases of the sunspot cycle. -
Part II Climate now. -
11 Observational reference data and classification of climates. -
World maps. -
World-wide classification of climates. -
World climatic table. -
References. -
Geographical index. -
Subject index.
Location:
MOP - must be ordered
Location:
MOP - must be ordered
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
