The Meteorology And Climate Of Tropical Africa

Author : Marcel Leroux
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540426363
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa written by Marcel Leroux and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book includes 250 maps related to various factors of meteorology and climate and their effects on the African continent. It provides detailed coverage of fundamentally important issues concerning African meterology, climatology, tropical circulation, rainfall, drought and climate change.

Author : Douglas J. Parker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118391306
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meteorology of Tropical West Africa written by Douglas J. Parker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meteorology of tropical West Africa: the Forecasters’ Handbook presents the science and practice of weather forecasting for an important region of the tropics. Connecting basic theory with forecasting practice, the book provides a unique training volume for operational weather forecasters, and is also suitable for students of tropical meteorology. The West African region contains a number of archetypal climatic zones, meaning that the science of its weather and climate applies to many other tropical regions. West Africa also exhibits some of the world’s most remarkable weather systems, making it an inspiring region for students to investigate. The weather of West Africa affects human livelihoods on a daily basis, and can contribute to hardship, poverty and mortality. Therefore, the ability to understand and predict the weather has the potential to deliver significant benefits to both society and economies. The book includes comprehensive background material alongside documentation of weather forecasting methods. Many examples taken from observations of West African weather systems are included and online case-studies are referenced widely.

Author : Alexander Knox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Climate of the Continent of Africa written by Alexander Knox and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir John Kirk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explanation of Meteorological Tables Illustrating the Climate of East Tropical Africa written by Sir John Kirk and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Colin Buckle
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weather and Climate in Africa written by Colin Buckle and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive introduction to the meteorology and climatology of Africa.

Author : Derek F. Hayward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000692698
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climatology of West Africa written by Derek F. Hayward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987, this book brings together information previously buried in specialist sources and makes it available to the student in a non-technical and well-illustrated synthesis. It builds a clear and detailed picture of the climates of West Africa, describing and explaining them and showing how crucial this understanding is to everyday life. The climate’s relevance to water resources, agriculture, health and industry is systematically considered.

Author : S. Hastenrath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400953887
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate and circulation of the tropics written by S. Hastenrath and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical atmosphere and ocean are receiving increased attention in relation to the functioning of the global climate system, the remarkable climatic variability in low latitudes, and the associated manifold environmental and societal consequences. Beyond the traditional emphasis of meteor ology on weather analysis and forecasting, there is a growing interest in the climate and large scale circulation of the tropics. This book may serve as a text for graduate and upper-division undergraduate students in meteorology, and is also intended as a reference work for practicing meteorologists, and researchers in the atmospheric, oceanic, and other environmental sciences. I began writing this book in 1979, but the roots reach further back. Early experiences in North Africa fuelled my curiosity about the low latitudes. In 1960 I seized the opportunity to work in the National Meteorological Service of El Salvador in Central America. My interest in the tropics continued after joining the University of Wisconsin in 1963. Field research brought me to the equatorial Pacific, and many times to the tropical Americas and Africa. This involved visits and correspondence with many weather services. My acquaintance with Australasia and South Asia is limited to short study visits, but includes continuous contacts with colleagues at key research institutions in India, namely the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and Andhra University. A guest semester at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1971 and related travels provided a perspective on the problems of Southern Africa.

Author : B. W. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6P/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa written by B. W. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Glenn R. McGregor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Climatology written by Glenn R. McGregor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-04-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Climatology Second Edition Glenn R. McGregor, The University of Birmingham, UK Simon Nieuwolt (deceased) Formerly Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph, Canada Climatology, the scientific study of climate, is not only concerned with explaining why a location's or region's climate is like it is but also with describing the nature and availability of the climate resource for a wide range of human activities. This subject is of great relevance to the tropics as climate in many ways controls the lives and economic activities of the approximately 2400 million people living in tropical regions. Tropical climates also have effects that reach far beyond the limits of the regions where they actually prevail: the global general circulation is largely driven by the export of considerable amounts of heat energy from tropical to extratropical latitudes: a large part of all atmospheric water content originates from the tropics, and intermittent tropical phenomena, like El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), not only influence the climates over extensive tropical areas but many parts of the extratropics. The climate sensitivity of populations and economic production in the tropics also makes these regions especially vulnerable to any negative impacts arising from human-induced climate change. Tropical Climatology aims to provide a geographical viewpoint on the physical processes in the tropical atmosphere: to offer explanations of how a location's climate is a product of these processes and to highlight the implications of tropical atmospheric behaviour and climate change for those living in the tropics. This is the second edition of the book and reflects the substantial developments in the field of tropical climatology which have taken place over the two decades since the publication of the first edition. New and updated material has been included on the nature of the general tropical circulation, the monsoons, the quasi-biennial oscillation, the 40-50 day tropical circulation, the El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon and its climatic impacts, tropical disturbances, the characteristics of regional tropical climates and climate change in the tropics. The readership of the book remains essentially the same as that for which the first edition was intended; second to third year students in geography and the environmental sciences who have some background in climatology. The updated reference list will, however, provide an entry point for non-specialist postgraduates into the field of tropical climatology.

Author : G. Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climatic Trends for Tropical Africa written by G. Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: