Precipitation: Theory, Measurement and DistributionCambridge University Press, 23 nov. 2006 Precipitation plays a significant role in the climate system, and this book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in the generation of clouds, rain, snow and hail; how precipitation is measured; how its distribution has changed over time; and how we still need to make improvements to the way precipitation is measured. It traces our attempts to understand what clouds are, from ancient Greeks to the present day. It also discusses developments in the measurement of precipitation, from rain gauges to satellite techniques, and how these measurements have enabled researchers to estimate global trends, totals, variability and extremes of precipitation. This will be a valuable and fascinating reference for academic researchers in the fields of environmental science and climatology. It will also be of great interest to professionals in water resource and flood management. |
Table des matières
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Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 57 |
Section 4 | 70 |
Section 5 | 79 |
Section 6 | 95 |
Section 7 | 99 |
Section 8 | 100 |
Section 15 | 151 |
Section 16 | 153 |
Section 17 | 158 |
Section 18 | 161 |
Section 19 | 170 |
Section 20 | 182 |
Section 21 | 190 |
Section 22 | 193 |
Section 9 | 103 |
Section 10 | 106 |
Section 11 | 116 |
Section 12 | 119 |
Section 13 | 139 |
Section 14 | 142 |
Section 23 | 197 |
Section 24 | 202 |
Section 25 | 231 |
Section 26 | 246 |
Section 27 | 258 |
Section 28 | 279 |
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Page 15 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 6 - Well then, be it known, these send it alone : I can prove it by arguments strong. Was there ever a shower seen to fall in an hour when the sky was all cloudless and blue ? Yet on a fine day, when the Clouds are away, he might send one, according to you.
Page 5 - ... many other authors, who assume that all water comes from the Ocean and ends there again. Anaximenes calls the "sea the source of the water and the source of the wind. For neither could the force of the wind blowing outwards from within come into being without the great main sea, nor the streams or rivers, nor the showery water of the sky, but the mighty main is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers".