Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
[Material on precipitation and the hydrological
cycle in the tropics]
Lighthill, J. and Pearce, R. P. (eds) (1981) Monsoon
Dynamics, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 735pp. [Conference proceedings;
specialist papers on observations and modeling
of the Asian monsoon]
Logan, R. F. (1960) The Central Namib Desert,
South-west Africa, National Academy of
Sciences, National Research Council, Publica-
tion 758, Washington, DC (162 pp.).
Lopez, M. E. and Howell, W. E. (1967) Katabatic
winds in the equatorial Andes. J. Atmos. Sci. 24,
29-35.
Malkus, J. S. and Riehl, H. (1964) Cloud Structure
and Distributions over the Tropical Pacific
Ocean, University of California Press, Berkeley
and Los Angeles (229 pp.).
Musk, L. F. (1988) Weather Systems, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 160pp. [Basic
introduction to weather systems]
NOAA (1992) Experimental Long-lead Forecast
Bulletin, NOAA, Washington, DC.
Philander, S. G. (1990) El Niño, La Niña, and the
Southern Oscillation, Academic Press, New
York, 289pp. [Comprehensive survey]
Pielke, R. A. (1990) The Hurricane, Routledge,
London and New York, 228pp. [Brief descriptive
presentation of hurricane formation, distribu-
tion and movement; annual track maps for all
Atlantic hurricanes, 1871-1989]
Ramage, C. S. (1971) Monsoon Meteorology,
Academic Press, New York and London, 296pp.
[Excellent overview of the Asian monsoon and
its component weather systems by a tropical
specialist
Ramage, C. S. (1995) Forecaster's Guide to Tropical
Meteorology, AWS/TR-95/001, Air Weather
Service, Scott Air Force Base, IL, 392pp. [Useful
overview of tropical weather processes and
valuable local information]
Riehl, H. (1954) Tropical Meteorology, McGraw-
Hill, New York, 392pp. [Classic account of
weather systems in the tropics by the discoverer
of the easterly wave]
Riehl, H. (1979) Climate and Weather in the Tropics,
Academic Press, New York, 611pp. [Extends his
earlier work with more a climatological view;
extensive material on synoptic scale weather
systems]
Sadler, J. C. (1975b) The Upper Tropospheric
Circulation over the Global Tropics, UHMET-
75-05, Department of Meteorology, University
of Hawaii, 35 pp.
Schwerdtfeger, W. (ed.) (1976) Climates of Central
and South America, World Survey of Climatol-
ogy 12, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 532pp. [Chapters
on the climate of six regions/countries and one
on Atlantic tropical storms provide the most
comprehensive view of the climates of this
continent; many useful diagrams and data
tables]
Shaw, D. B. (ed.) (1978) Meteorology over the
Tropical Oceans, Royal Meteorological Society,
Bracknell, 278pp. [Symposium papers covering
a range of important topics]
Shukla, J. and Wallace, J. M. (1983) Numerical
simulation of the atmospheric response to
equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature
anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci. 40, 1613-30.
Tao, S. Y. (ed. for the Chinese Geographical
Society) (1984) Physical Geography of China,
Science Press, Beijing, 161pp. (in Chinese).
Trewartha, G. T. (1981) The Earth's Problem
Climates, 2nd edn, University of Wisconsin
Press, Madison, WI, 371pp. [Worldwide
examples]
Tyson, P. D. (1986) Climatic Change and Variability
in Southern Africa, Oxford University Press,
Cape Town, 220pp. [Includes subtropical and
tropical circulation systems affecting Africa
south of the Equator]
World Meteorological Organization (n.d.) The
Global Climate System. A Critical Review of the
Climate System during 1982-1984, World
Climate Data Programme, WMO, Geneva, 52pp.
Yoshino, M. M. (ed.) (1971) Water Balance of
Monsoon Asia, University of Tokyo Press,
Tokyo, 308pp. [Essays by Japanese climatolo-
gists focusing on moisture transport and
precipitation]
Young, J. A. (coordinator) (1972) Dynamics of
the Tropical Atmosphere (Notes from a
Colloquium), National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO, 587pp. [Summer school
proceedings with presentations and discussion
by leading specialists]
Zhang, J. and Lin, Z. (1985) Climate of China,
Science and Technology Press, Shanghai,
603pp. (in Chinese). [Source of some useful
diagrams]
Articles
Academica Sinica (1957-1958) On the general
circulation over eastern Asia. Tellus 9, 432-46;
10, 58-75 and 299-312.
