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100 1 $aBarry, Roger Graham.
245 10 $aMountain weather and climate /$cRoger G. Barry.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2008.
300 $axxiv, 506 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 488-494) and index.
505 0 $aList of figures -- List of tables -- Preface to the third edition -- Acknowledgements -- Mountains and their climatological study -- Geographical controls of mountain meteorological elements -- Circulation systems related to orography -- Climatic characteristics of mountains -- Regional case studies -- Mountain bioclimatology -- Changes in mountain climates -- Appendix -- Index.
520 1 $a"Following an introductory survey of the historical aspects of mountain meteorology, three chapters deal with the latitudinal, altitudinal, and topographic controls of meteorological elements in mountains, circulation systems related to orography, and the climatic characteristics of mountains. The author supplies regional case studies of selected mountain climates and includes new material on mountains in central Asia, Tibet, Greenland, Antarctica, the Andes, New Zealand, the Alps, and equatorial East Africa. There is a chapter examining human bioclimatology, weather hazards, and air pollution, and a concluding chapter on the evidence for and the significance of changes in mountain climates. This book is ideal for graduates and researchers in meteorology, climatology, ecology, forestry, glaciology, and hydrology."--Jacket.
650 0 $aMountain climate.
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