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Author : Paul E. Lydolph
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of the Dry Western Littorals written by Paul E. Lydolph and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book NOAA Technical Memorandum EDS. written by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Barry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134486545
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Atmosphere, Weather and Climate written by Roger Barry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Kenneth Walton
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202369471
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Arid Zones written by Kenneth Walton and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilton Kramer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135148589X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book The Arid Zones written by Hilton Kramer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hot and temperate deserts and their marginal steppe lands comprise one-third of the land surface of the world and are an increasingly critical area for the economic wellbeing of world populations. The remarkable mechanisms of floral, faunal, and human adaptation to the distinct and difficult environment of these arid zones, as well as the potential of modern technology for facilitating adaptation, are described and explained by Walton in the light of our most recent knowledge of the phenomena and processes involved.Beginning with a clarification of the definitions of arid and semi-arid regions and with the delineation of techniques for measuring the degree of aridity in these areas, the author shows that there is wide variation among the arid zones in landscape and climate and that there are numerous local and microclimates within any single arid region. The life cycles of the plants and animals of the arid zones are described and the water resources, including problems of salinity, mineral contamination, and the construction of reservoirs, are examined. Extensive treatment is given to potential agricultural adaptations and to pastoralism as the most widespread response to dry land. A final chapter summarizes attempts at adaptation to prevailing drought and discusses the kinds of future development that the author deems most likely in arid zones.Throughout the book emphasis is placed on specific, detailed analysis, with adequate tables and formulas for in-depth understanding of particular aspects of aridity. Examples from both Old and New Worlds are used to demonstrate the spheres in which progress is being made and to show the mistakes in past and present land use in arid areas. An essential supplement for courses in physical geography, the book will be useful in many area studies and in studies of economic development.
Author : A.E. Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642673287
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Agriculture in Semi-Arid Environments written by A.E. Hall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The semi-arid zones of the world are fragile ecosystems which are being sub stantially modified by the activities of mankind. Increasing human populations have resulted in greater demands on semi-arid zones for providing human susten ance and the possibility that this may enhance desertification is a grave concern. These zones are harsh habitats for humans. The famines that resulted from drought during the late 1960's and the 1970's in the African Sahel illustrated the unreliability of present agricultural systems in this zone. Large fluctuations in ag ricultural production have occurred in semi-arid zones of Australia, North Ameri ca, and the Soviet Union due to periodic droughts, even though considerable ag ricultural technology has been devoted to agricultural development in these zones. The challenge to mankind is to manage these different semi-arid zones so that pro ductivity is increased and stabilized, and environmental deterioration is decreased. Irrigation can be used to increase and stabilize agricultural production in semi-arid zones as discussed in Volume 5 of this series, Arid Zone Irrigation. The present volume, Agriculture in Semi-Arid Environments, focuses on dryland farming in semi-arid zones, and is relevant to the large areas of the world where rainfall is limiting and where water is not available for irrigation. This volume is designed to assist agricultural development in these areas and consists of reviews and analyses of available information by scientists working in Africa, Australia, and at the U ni versity of California.
Author : Roger G. Barry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135267499
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Atmosphere,, Weather and Climate written by Roger G. Barry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its ninth edition, Atmosphere, Weather and Climate is the essential introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected future trends. It presents a comprehensive coverage of global meteorology and climatology, and in this new edition the latest scientific ideas are expressed in a clear, non-mathematical matter.
Author : E.J. Fittkau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401197318
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Biogeography and Ecology in South America written by E.J. Fittkau and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 'Biogeography and Ecology in South America' as the general theme, a total of twenty-nine contributions by thirty authors is offered here in two volumes, being volumes 18 and 19 of the Monographiae Biologicae. Most of these discussions deal with decidedly specialist themes and the editors have been particularly concerned to ensure that the authors enjoyed the greatest possible freedom in the preparation of their work in order that different points of view and interpretations, together with some questions of controversy, may be clarified. This also applies, of course, to the several chapters in which general themes (geographical substance, climate, geology, vegetation, amongst others) are discussed. Since the amount of material available is too great to enable one to aspire to a presentation of the complete biogeographical and ecological picture, this procedure seems expedient. However, these two volumes could well be regarded as being a preparatory work for just such a complete description. Each of the separate technical contributions refers to the continent as a whole, in order to characterise it as such from the viewpoint of the specialist. For this reason it was necessary to forgo special discussions of particular regions or types of landscape, although South America of all places is remarkably rich in unique regional phenom ena, the altiplano of Peru and Bolivia, the relict forests of Fray Jorge, the shrub formations of Tierra del Fuego, the lakes of the High Andes, for example.
Author : Heinrich Bahlburg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540459049
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Southern Central Andes written by Heinrich Bahlburg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives an overview of the geotectonic evolution of the Central Andes. The contributions cover the whole spectrum of geoscientific research: geology, petrology, geochemistry, geophysics and geomorphology. They deal with the period from late Precambrium up to the youngest phenomena in the Quaternary. The book is of value for regional geologists as well as for scientists interested in orogenic processes related to active continental margins.
Author : Michael H. Glantz
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429726228
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Desertification written by Michael H. Glantz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations Water Conference (in Argentina in March 1977) and the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (in Kenya in August 1977) reflect the worldwide attention that recent global food shortages and growing populations have drawn to the destruction of arable and potentially arable land. This collection of articles focuses on a primary form of such destruction: desertification—the creation of desert-like conditions in arid or semiarid regions either by changes in climate patterns or by human mismanagement, or both. The contributors—representing a range of disciplines—examine and evaluate the social, political, economic, environmental, and technical problems related to the causes and effects of desertification.
Author : Alan B Mountjoy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003838138
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Africa written by Alan B Mountjoy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1965, Africa provides a geographical, political, economic and social description of the continent. Contemporary Africa is a continent of change and revolutions. The diversity and limitations of the African environment gives us a fuller understanding of the explosive dynamism of the African economic and social scene. This book will be of interest to students of geography, economy, anthropology and political science.
Author : Roger Graham Barry
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415465699
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate written by Roger Graham Barry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From clear explanations of basic physical and chemical principles of the atmosphere to descriptions of regional climates and their changes, this popular text presents a comprehensive coverage of global climatology."--Cover
Author : Glenn Thomas Trewartha
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Earth's Problem Climates written by Glenn Thomas Trewartha and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jen-hu Chang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Atmospheric Circulation Systems and Climates written by Jen-hu Chang and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subtropical anticyclones and the trade winds. The intertropical convergence zone. Weather analysis and synoptic systems in the tropics. Hurricanes. The westerlies. Polar front and cyclones. Thunderstorms. Tornadoes. The arctic circulation. The antarctic circulation. The chinese monsoon. The Indian monsoon.
Author : Royal Society of Western Australia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia written by Royal Society of Western Australia and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Thomas Trewartha
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Climate written by Glenn Thomas Trewartha and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earth's ocean of air; The elements and controls of climate; Solar radiation; Temperature of the atmosphere; Wind and pressure systems; Atmospheric moisture and precipitation; Air masses fronts; Atmospheric disturbances and their associated weather; The world pattern of climate: climatic types and their distribution; Classification of climates and the world pattern; Tropical humid climates; Subtropical climates; Temperature climates; Boreal, polar and highland climates; Dry climates.
Author : Ronald U. Cooke
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520369092
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Geomorphology in Deserts written by Ronald U. Cooke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
