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Title Mapping and modeling weather and climate with GIS / edited by L. Armstrong, K. Butler, J. Settelmaier, T. Vance, O. Wilhelmi
Edition First edition
Published Redlands, California : Esri Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : color illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Representations of atmospheric phenomena -- pt. 2. Observations -- pt. 3. Models -- pt. 4. Integrated analyses of models and observations -- pt. 5. Web services -- pt. 6. Tools and resources
Summary Mapping and Modeling Weather and Climate with GIS is a contributed volume of 23 chapters from leading climatologists, meteorologists, and other experts about how geospatial cartography and analysis helps to advance atmospheric science research. Coverage includes data and software resources, data representation, observations, modeling, data-model integration, web services, and the areas of current and potential cross-fertilization of atmospheric and geospatial sciences. Providing both the concepts and practices of mapping and modeling projects, the book is useful to novices using GIS on weather and climate projects. Practitioners and managers will gain a clear picture of the advances in GIS for atmospheric sciences and appreciate the helpful lists of available geospatial resources
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
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Subject Climatology -- Data processing
Meteorology -- Data processing
Geographic information systems.
Geographic Information Systems
geographic information systems.
Climatology -- Data processing
Geographic information systems
Meteorology -- Data processing
Genre/Form geographic information systems.
Geographic information systems
Geographic information systems.
Systèmes d'information géographique.
Form Electronic book
Author Armstrong, Lori, 1959- editor.
Butler, K. (Kevin), editor.
Settelmaier, J. (John), editor.
Vance, T. (Tiffany), editor.
Wilhelmi, O. (Olga), editor.
ISBN 9781589484054
1589484053
1322988617
9781322988610