Applied Climatology: Principles and Practice - Softcover

"The material presented provides a useful update on the principles of applied climatology Annals of the AAG September 1998." "There have been a number of recent books on climatology and climate change, but waht tends to set this book apart is the emphasis on effects and interaction with the many forms of life on this planet ... [This is] an up-to-date undergraduate text on applied climatology." -"Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and development of physical biological environments such as glaciers.