Climate and Weather 9780007411092, 9780007185016, 9780007185023, 000741109X

Reviewing the history and causes of climatic change and evaluating regional models, this New Naturalist volume offers an

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English Pages 484 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps Year 2010

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Climate and Weather
9780007411092, 9780007185016, 9780007185023, 000741109X

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Table of contents :
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Principal Acts in the Climatic Drama --
1. The Climate and Weather of the British Isles --
2. The Atmosphere and its Circulation --
3. Key Players in the Drama over the British Isles --
4. Seasonal Characteristics --
5. Sources of Meteorological Data --
6. Historical Weather Mapping --
7. Cloud Study --
8. Phenology --
9. Climatic Trends, Anomalies and Extermes --
10. Climatic Change: Taking the Long View --
pt. II Chronology of Climatic History, 1st Century BC to AD 2000.

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