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The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa Marcel Leroux

The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa By Marcel Leroux

The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa by Marcel Leroux

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This unique book includes 250 maps related to various factors of meteorology and climate and their effects on the African continent. It provides detailed coverage of fundamentally important issues concerning African meterology, climatology, tropical circulation, rainfall, drought and climate change.

The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa Summary

The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa by Marcel Leroux

This unique book includes 250 maps related to various factors of meteorology and climate and their effects on the African continent. It provides detailed coverage of fundamentally important issues concerning African meterology, climatology, tropical circulation, rainfall, drought and climate change.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Current Knowledge and Analysis of Methods.- Chorological Factors: Chorological Factors; The Orographical Factor; Continental Hydrology and Vegetation.- Aerological Factors: Basic Features of the Troposphere and of Tropical Circulation; Pressure Field, Circulation and Discontinuities over Tropical Africa; Vertical Structure of the African Tropical Troposphere.- Dynamics of Circulation - Disturbances: Moving Polar Highs on African Tropical Margins; Pulses in Trades and Monsoons; Inclined Structures; The Active Meteorological Equator; Tropical Cyclones.- Climates of Tropical Africa: Rainfall; Temperatures.- Climate Change in Tropical Africa: African Palaeoenvironments since the Upper Pleistocene; Recent Climate Change in Tropical Africa; General Conclusions.

Additional information

NPB9783540426363
9783540426363
3540426361
The Meteorology and Climate of Tropical Africa by Marcel Leroux
Marcel Leroux
Environmental Sciences
New
Hardback
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
2001-09-01
548
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