عنوان

Extreme weather /

شابک

0737748591

شابک

9780737748598

شماره

b733200

عنوان اصلي

Extreme weather /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Tom Streissguth ; Michael E. Mann, consulting editor.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Detroit, MI :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Greenhaven Press/Gale, Cengage Learning,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2011.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

116 pages :

ساير جزييات

color illustrations, 1 map ;

ابعاد

24 cm.

عنوان فروست

Confronting global warming

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Chapter 6: Extratropical Storms: -- Tornadoes and global warming -- Graph: U S Tornado Frequency, 1950-2007 -- Northward storm track -- Superstorms -- Sidebar: Enhanced Fujita Scale -- Stormy future -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Seasonal Variability: -- Global warming and seasonal variation -- Foliation: a key indicator of seasonal variation -- Graph: Northern hemisphere spring first-leaf date -- Seasonal monsoon -- El Nino -- Sidebar: Real danger: a stronger La Nina -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: -- Glossary -- For further research -- Index -- About the author.

متن يادداشت

Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Global Climate Change And Extreme Weather: An Introduction: -- Air and water chemistry -- Components of earth's climate -- Solar radiation and global climate -- Milankovitch cycles and global climate -- Ice Ages -- Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age -- Measuring carbon dioxide -- Graph: Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory, 1958-2009 -- Anthropogenic climate change -- Climate Extremes Index -- 2008-an exception to the trend? -- Sidebar: Climatologists battle: Kerry Emanuel versus Bill Gray -- Extreme weather: future impact -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Heat Waves: -- Rising temperatures -- Graph: Weather fatalities -- Heat wave in Europe -- Warming future -- Sidebar: Hot gets hotter -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Drought: -- Dust Bowl -- Graph: Palmer Drought Severity Index -- Drought in the Sahel -- Australia's big dry -- California crisis -- Drought: future impacts -- Sidebar: Drought: the civilization killer -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Rainfall and flooding: -- Effects of a faster hydrologic cycle -- Graph: Average annual frequency of extreme rainstorms or snowstorms -- Clouds and warming -- Sidebar: Mumbai's July 26, 2005, rain event -- Urban pollution and the heat island -- Consequences of extreme precipitation -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Hurricanes And Tropical Cyclones: -- Hurricane Katrina -- Sidebar: Saffir-Simpson Scale -- Cyclone Nargis -- Monsoons and cyclones -- Hurricane formation -- Graph: Comparative look at Hurricane Katrina -- AMO and other natural factors -- Sidebar: Witness to a hurricane -- Effect of global warming -- Wave heights and superstorms -- High-risk behavior -- Adapting to hurricanes -- Notes.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Overview: Explores the effects of global warming on human health, examining the impacts of extreme cold snaps; issues arising from aridity; the health dangers posed by hurricanes and floods; diminished air capacity from smog, pollution, the ozone, and aero-allergens; global warming and infectious disease; food security and food safety.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic changes.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic extremes.

موضوع مستند نشده

Weather.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climate change.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climate.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic changes.

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic extremes.

موضوع مستند نشده

Weather.

موضوع مستند نشده

Weather.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Streissguth, Thomas,1958-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mann, Michael E.,1965-

تاريخ عمليات

20201203175607.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y