| Description |
xi, 476 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Introduction and Global Setting -- 1. The Study of the Atmosphere -- 2. The Atmospheric Envelope and Radiative Processes -- 3. The General Circulation of the Atmosphere -- PART II: Synoptic Scale Processes and Phenomena -- 4. Atmospheric Stability and Air Mass Characteristics -- 5. The Origins of Horizontal Motion -- 6. Synoptic Scale Circulation -- 7. Weather Systems in the Australia and New Zealand Origin -- 8. Weather Forecasting -- PART III: Sub-Synoptic Scale Processes and Phenomena -- 9. Mesoscale Circulation Systems -- 10. regional, Local, and Micro-Scale Climates -- PART IV: Climate Change and Variability -- 11. The Climatic Record and Recent Variability -- 12. Present and Possible Future Climate Change |
| Summary |
Includes synoptic scale weather systems, climate patterns in Australia and New Zealand, climate change and variability and possible future climate changes |
| Analysis |
Weather |
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Climate |
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Meteorology |
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Australia |
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New Zealand |
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Weather |
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Climate |
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Meteorology |
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Australia |
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New Zealand |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 441-457 |
| Subject |
Climatology -- Australia.
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Climatology -- New Zealand.
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Weather.
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Meteorology -- Australia.
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Meteorology -- New Zealand.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Climate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007747
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New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Climate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007747
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| Author |
Tapper, N. J. (Nigel J.)
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| LC no. |
96162483 |
| ISBN |
0195539230 |
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0195533933 |
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