Encyclopedia of climate and weather

For most of history, humans have made every possible effort to accurately foretell the weather, evolving from guesswork and signs in the sky to the development of contemporary forecasting techniques drawn from two scientific disciplines, climatology and meteorology. This encyclopedia summarizes the knowledge in a two-volume A-to-Z compendium of over 300 entries that cover: the processesthat produce our weather; the circulation of the atmosphere that produces theworld's climates; classification of climates; important scientific concepts; the history of ideas underlying the atmospheric sciences; biographical accounts of those who have made significant contributions to climatology and meteorology; particular weather events, from extreme tropical cyclones and tornadoes to local winds.

• ISBN: 978-0-19-976532-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1344
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 3
• Idioma: Inglés