Isbn: 9781402005565 - improved understanding of past climatic variability from early daily european instrumental sources (5 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Climate can be defined as an ensemble of many weather phenomena. Clima tologists often use the mean (conventionally the monthly and annual mean) of weather-related parameters to describe climate. The mean value, however, is not all the climate. Climatic changes might occur if certain aspects of the distribution of extreme values change, while the mean does not. Katz and Brown (1992), for example, show from a theoretical viewpoint that in a changing climate, extreme values are determined more by changes in variability than changes in the mean. Possible changes in extreme event frequency receive considerable attention along with the global warming, because extremes directly impact human society and the economy. For most societally sensitive extremes and related changes in their vari ability, an analysis based on daily data becomes necessary. This paper considers two aspects (relative and absolute values) of extreme temperatures on a daily basis. We do not consider spells of extreme days, periods which will likely have greater socio-economic and health impacts (Kalkstein et al., 1996; Wagner, 1999), than individual extreme days.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. hardback/cd-rom re edition. 392 pages. 10.00x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Reports the data and the metadata of the seven longest European series of temperature and pressure observations, dating back to the 18th century. This book provides an opportunity to study climate change starting prior to the period of the industrial era. It includes a CD-ROM and is useful for meteorologists, climate and environmental scientists. Editor(s): Camuffo, D.; Jones, P. D. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBKC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 875. . 2002. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…