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Book SynopsisTropical 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
Table of ContentsUnderstanding the Laws of Weather and Climate.
Radiation Conditions in the Low Latitudes.
Tropical Temperatures.
General Circulation of the Topics.
Non-seasonal Variations of the Tropical Circulation.
Seasonal Variations in Regional Circulation Systems: The Monsoons.
Tropical Disturbances.
Water in Tropical Atmosphere.
Tropical Precipitation.
Tropical Climates.
Tropical Climates and Agriculture.
Climate Change.
References.
Indexes.
