Precipitation : theory, measurement and distribution /

Precipitation plays a significant role in the climate system, and this book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in the generation of clouds, rain, snow and hail; how precipitation is measured; how its distribution has changed over time; and how we still need...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strangeways, Ian, 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Precipitation (Meteorology)
Précipitations (Météorologie)
precipitation.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART 1: PAST THEORIES OF RAIN AND SNOW: The ancients
  • A renaissance
  • PART 2: PRESENT THEORIES OF PRECIPITATION: Basic processes
  • Cloud formation
  • Cloud droplets, ice particles, and precipitation
  • Lightning
  • PART 3: MEASURING PRECIPITATION: Early attempts to measure rainfall
  • Measuring precipitation with raingauges
  • Measuring snow
  • Measuring precipitation with radar
  • Measuring precipitation from satellites
  • PART 4: THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRECIPITATION: Raingauge and satellite datasets
  • Precipitation means and trends
  • Precipitation variability and extremes
  • PART 5: FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS: The future of precipitation measurement.

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