Boundary Layer Climates / Edition 2

by T. R. Oke

Overview

This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415043199
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/17/1987
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr T R Oke

Table of Contents

Part I Atmospheric systems, CHAPTER 1 ENERGY AND MASS EXCHANGES, CHAPTER 2 PHYSICAL BASIS OF BOUNDARY LAYER CLIMATES, CHAPTER 3 CLIMATES OF SIMPLE NON-VEGETATED SURFACES, CHAPTER 4 CLIMATES OF VEGETATED SURFACES, CHAPTER 5 CLIMATES OF NON-UNIFORM TERRAIN, CHAPTER 6 CLIMATES OF ANIMALS, Part III Man-modified atmospheric environments, CHAPTER 7 INTENTIONALLY MODIFIED CLIMATES, CHAPTER 8 INADVERTENT CLIMATE MODIFICATION, CHAPTER 9 AIR POLLUTION IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER

Editorial Reviews

‘A fine text for students wishing to understand the physical processes ocurring near the earth's surface while avoiding the more mathematical approach adopted by many specialized micrometeorological texts.' - Royal Meteorological Society

‘Text and diagrams are a model of clarity, logicality and precision, sensitively designed to appeal toall those seeking a basic but comprehensive and scrupulously scientific understanding of the processes in the lower kilometre or so of the atmosphere.' - World Meteorological Organisation

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