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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.