Desert meteorology /
Desert Meteorology will satisfy all who need to know more about the weather and climate of arid lands. It will appeal especially to advanced students and researchers in environmental science, meteorology, physical geography, hydrology, and engineering.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The atmospheric dynamics of deserts; 3 The climates of the world deserts; 4 Atmospheric and surface energy budgets of deserts; 5 Surface physics of the unvegetated sandy desert landscape; 6 Vegetation effects on desert surface physics; 7 Substrate effects on desert surface physics; 8 Desert-surface physical properties; 9 Numerical modeling of desert atmospheres; 10 Desert boundary layers; 11 Desert microclimates; 12 Dynamic interactions among desert microclimates; 13 Desert rainfall.