Historical climate variability and impacts in North America
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Cary J. Mock, editors
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht ;New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 278 p. , ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) , 25 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Great flood of 1771 : an explanation of natural causes and social effects /Dennis B. Blanton, Michael Chenoweth, and Cary J. Mock --Historical changes to the Tennessee precipitation regime /Jan Mojzisek and Cary J. Mock --"Don't want to see no more-- like that!" : climate change as a factor in the collapse of lowcountry rice culture, 1893-1920 /James H. Tuten --Climate in the historical record of sixteenth century Spanish Florida : the case of Santa Elena re-examined /Karen L. Paar --Historical accounts of the drought and hurricane season of 1860 /Stephanie F. Dodds, Dorian J. Burnette, and Cary J. Mock --Reconstructing 19th century Atlantic basin hurricanes at differing spatial scales /David A. Glenn and Douglas O. Mayes --Sitka hurricane of October 1880 /Cary J. Mock and Stephanie F. Dodds --Daily synoptic weather map analysis of the New England cold wave and snowstorms of 5 to 11 June 1816 /Michael Chenoweth --March 1843 : the most abnormal month ever? /John W. Nielsen-Gammon and Brent McRoberts -- Weather station history and introduced variabiity in climate data /Glen Conner --Monitoring the climate of the old Northwest : 1820-1895 /Edward J. Hopkins and Joseph M. Moran --Spatial metadata for weather stations and the interpretation of climate data /Stuart Foster and Rezaul Mahmood --A seasonal warm/cold index for the Southern Yukon territory : 1842-1852 /Heather Tompkins --Backward seasons, droughts and other bioclimatic indicators of variability /Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux --Challenge of snow measurements /Nolan J. Doesken and David A. Robinson.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
North America, Climate, History
Atmospheric temperature, North America, Observations, History
Climatic changes, North America, Observations, History