{"product_id":"tropical-climatology-9780471966111","title":"Tropical Climatology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTropical 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding the Laws of Weather and Climate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Radiation Conditions in the Low Latitudes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tropical Temperatures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e General Circulation of the Topics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Non-seasonal Variations of the Tropical Circulation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seasonal Variations in Regional Circulation Systems: The Monsoons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tropical Disturbances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Water in Tropical Atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tropical Precipitation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tropical Climates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tropical Climates and Agriculture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Climate Change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402697417047,"sku":"9780471966111","price":71.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471966111.jpg?v=1730481269","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tropical-climatology-9780471966111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}