Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology / J.C. King, J. Turner.

This book presents a comprehensive survey of the climatology and meteorology of Antarctica. The first section of the book reviews the methods by which we can observe the Antarctic atmosphere and presents a synthesis of climatological measurements. In the second section, the processes which maintain...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: King, J. C., Turner, J.
Other title:Cambridge books online.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Series:Cambridge atmospheric and space science series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. Observations and instrumentation
  • Ch. 3. Physical climatology
  • Ch. 4. The large-scale circulation of the Antarctic atmosphere
  • Ch. 5. Synoptic-scale weather systems and fronts
  • Ch. 6. Mesoscale systems and processes
  • Ch. 7. Climate variability and change
  • App. A.A chronological list of stations that have made multi-year meteorological observations in the Antarctic and on the sub-Antarctic islands
  • App. B.A chronological list of automatic weather stations that have been deployed in the Antarctic and on the sub-Antarctic Islands.