Dryland climatology
"A comprehensive review of dryland climates and their relationship to the physical environment, hydrology, and inhabitants. Chapters are divided into four major sections on background meteorology and climatology; the nature of dryland climates in relation to precipitation and hydrology; the climatology and climate dynamics of the major dryland regions on each continent; and an extensive review of long-term climate variability in the world's drylands. It includes key topics such as vegetation, g…
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- Full title :Dryland climatology / Sharon E. Nicholson.
Summary
"A comprehensive review of dryland climates and their relationship to the physical environment, hydrology, and inhabitants. Chapters are divided into four major sections on background meteorology and climatology; the nature of dryland climates in relation to precipitation and hydrology; the climatology and climate dynamics of the major dryland regions on each continent; and an extensive review of long-term climate variability in the world's drylands. It includes key topics such as vegetation, geomorphology, desertification, micro-habitats, and adaptation to dryland environments. This interdisciplinary volume provides an extensive review of the primary literature (covering over 2500 references) and the conventional and satellite datasets that form key research tools for dryland climatology. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, it presents a unique view of dryland climates for a broad spectrum of researchers, environmental professionals and advanced students in climatology, meteorology, geography, environment science, earth system science, ecology, hydrology and geomorphology"--
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139190213, 1139190210, 9780511973840, 0511973845, 9781139185318, 1139185314, 9781139187626, 1139187627, 9781107215894, 1107215897, 9786613378392, 6613378399, 9781139500241, 1139500244, 1139179322, 9781139179324, 1283378396, 9781283378390, 1139188909, 9781139188906, 1139182994, 9781139182997
- oclc:ocn773615084
- LC Classification:QC993.7
- Dewey Decimal:551.65
Table of Contents
Cover; Dryland Climatology; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I The dryland environment; 1 Introduction to dryland environments; 1.1 EXPLORATION AND AWARENESS OF DRYLANDS; 1.2 GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF DRYLANDS; 1.3 PHYSICAL FEATURES OF DRYLANDS; 1.4 ACQUISITION OF DATA AND INFORMATION; 1.4.1 IN SITU CLIMATIC AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA; 1.4.2 REMOTE SENSING; 1.4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING IN DRYLAND REGIONS; GEOLOGY, SURFACE FEATURES, AND SOILS; VEGETATION; LAND USE, LAND QUALITY, AND LAND-SURFACE CHANGE; LAND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND FLUXES.
HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCESRAINFALL MONITORING; DUST, SMOKE AND FIRE; 1.4.4 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; 2 The geomorphologic background; 2.1 THE PHYSICAL SETTING; 2.2 THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC CONTINUUM; 2.2.1 DESERT UPLANDS AND SLOPES; 2.2.2 DESERT LOWLANDS; 2.2.3 DESERT LAKE BASINS; 2.3 DRAINAGE NETWORKS AND STREAMS; 2.4 FLUVIAL AND AEOLIAN PROCESSES; 2.4.1 WEATHERING; 2.4.2 TRANSPORT OF MATERIAL BY WIND AND WATER; 2.4.3 EROSION; 2.4.4 FORMATION OF DESERT PAVEMENTS; 2.5 SAND DUNES; 2.5.1 DUNES AND OTHER AEOLIAN FEATURES; 2.5.2 DUNE FORMS; 2.5.3 CONTROLS ON DUNE MORPHOLOGY.
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