Applied Climatology

"Big freeze" conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic changes in climatic environments. This study examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors from Europe, North America and Australasia examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and development of physical biological environments including glaciers, water resources, landforms, soils, vegetation and animals. Weather and climate effects day-to-day activities and lifestyles from the clothes we wear to the buildings we design, and the food and energy we produce. This book focuses on the relationship between climate and a wide range of human activities and responses relating to health and comfort, building design, transport systems, agriculture and fisheries, tourism and social, industrial and legal issues.

ISBN 041514101X   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780415141017 (What's this?)   Pages 388 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 953 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 24 Apr 1997   Height (mm) 246 Non-book description xxiii, 352 p., 4 p. of plates :   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress QC981.A57   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 551.6   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		List of plates
		List of figures
		List of tables
		List of contributors
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
1		Introduction: The Emergence of Applied Climatology and Climate Impact Assessment by John E. Hobbs		1
2		Ground and Remotely Sensed Measurements by Ian Strangeways		13
3		Statistical Considerations by Scott M. Robeson		22
4		Climate Models by Ann Henderson-Sellers and Kendal McGuffie		36
5		Atmospheric Resource Management by Ian Burton and Marjorie Shepherd		51
6		Hydrological Processes and Water Resources by Paul Whitehead		65
7		Glaciers by Russell D. Thompson		74
8		Geomorphic Processes and Landforms by Edward Derbyshire		89
9		Soils by Michael Bridges		111
10		Vegetation by A. M. Mannion		123
11		Animal Responses to Climate by Bernard Stonehouse		141
12		Comfort, Clothing and Health by Andris Auliciems		155
13		Town Planning, Architecture and Building by Anthony Brazel and Jonathan Martin		175
14		Industry and Commerce by Sven Lindqvist		187
15		Transport Systems by John E. Thornes		198
16		Agriculture and Fisheries by David W. Lawlor		215
17		Forestry by Alexander Robertson		228
18		Recreation and Tourism by Allen Perry		240
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"The material presented provides a useful update on the principles of applied climatology Annals of the AAG September 1998.""There have been a number of recent books on climatology and climate change, but waht tends to set this book apart is the emphasis on effects and interaction with the many forms of life on this planet ... [This is] an up-to-date undergraduate text on applied climatology."-"Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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