Description for Precipitation
Hardcover. Editor(s): Michaelides, Silas C. Num Pages: 570 pages, 52 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RBP; RGW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Water cycling and the future availability of fresh water resources are immense societal concerns that impact all nations on Earth as it affects virtually every environmental issue. Precipitation is also a fundamental component of the weather/climate system for it regulates the global energy and radiation balance through coupling to clouds, water vapor, global winds and atmospheric transport. Accurate and comprehensive information on precipitation is essential for understanding the global water/energy cycle and for a wide range of research and applications with practical benefits to society. However, rainfall is difficult to measure because precipitation systems tend to be random in character ... Read more
Water cycling and the future availability of fresh water resources are immense societal concerns that impact all nations on Earth as it affects virtually every environmental issue. Precipitation is also a fundamental component of the weather/climate system for it regulates the global energy and radiation balance through coupling to clouds, water vapor, global winds and atmospheric transport. Accurate and comprehensive information on precipitation is essential for understanding the global water/energy cycle and for a wide range of research and applications with practical benefits to society. However, rainfall is difficult to measure because precipitation systems tend to be random in character ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540776543
SKU
V9783540776543
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Ref
99-15
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