| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
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International geophysics series ; 18 |
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International geophysics series ; 18.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Climate and Life; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface to the Russian Edition; Introduction; Chapter I. Solar Radiation and Its Transformations; 1. Solar Radiation; 2. The Radiation Balance; 3. The Heat Balance; 4. General Review of Investigations on the Transformation of Solar Energy; References; Chapter II. Methods for Determining the Components of the Heat Balance; 1. The Radiation Balance at the Earth's Surface; 2. The Turbulent Flux of Sensible Heat from the Earth's Surface into the Atmosphere; 3. The Flux of Latent Heat; 4. The Heat Balance of the Atmosphere |
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5. Accuracy of Determination of the Components of the Heat BalanceReferences; Chapter III. Heat Balance of the Globe; 1. Geographical Distribution of the Components of the Heat Balance; 2. Variations of the Components of the Heat Balance in Time; 3. Heat and Water Balances of the Earth; 4. The Thermal Regime of the Earth; References; Chapter IV. Polar Ice and Climate; 1. Polar Ice as a Factor of Climate; 2. Interrelation of Climatic Factors and Ice Cover; References; Chapter V. Climatic Change; 1. Introduction; 2. Contemporary Climatic Changes; 3. Climates of the Past; References |
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Chapter VI. Climatic Factors of Geographical Zonality1. The Effect of Climatic Conditions on Geographical Processes; 2. Interrelation Between the Heat and Water Balances of the Land; 3. The Heat Balance and Geographical Zonality; 4. The Table of Geographic Zonality; References; Chapter VII. The Thermal Regime of Living Organisms; 1. The Influence of Thermal Factors on Plants and Animals; 2. The Thermal Regime of Plants; 3. The Heat Regime of Animals and Man; References; Chapter VIII. Climatic Factors of Photosynthesis; 1. The Physical Mechanism of Photosynthesis |
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2. Photosynthesis in the Layer of Vegetation Cover3. Utilization of Solar Energy by Living Organisms; References; Chapter IX. Change of Successive Faunas; 1. Critical Epochs of Geological History; 2. The Change of Fauna at the End of the Pleistocene; References; Chapter X. Man and Climate; 1. Man's Impact on Climate; 2. The Climate of the Future; 3. Conclusion; References; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Account of climatological work at the Voeikov Geophysical Observatory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Heat budget (Geophysics)
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Climatology
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Bioclimatology.
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Acclimatization.
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Acclimatization
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Climate
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climate.
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climatology.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Acclimatization
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Bioclimatology
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Climatology
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Heat budget (Geophysics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, David Hewitt, 1918-2006, editor of English edition.
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| ISBN |
9780121394509 |
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0121394506 |
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9780080954530 |
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0080954537 |
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