Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Chandler, T. J. (1965) The Climate of London,
Hutchinson, London, 292pp. [Classic account of
the urban effects of the city of London in the
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University Press, Cambridge, 288pp. [Treats
intentional and accidental weather and climate
modification on regional and global scales]
Garratt, J. R. (1992) The Atmospheric Boundary
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316pp. [Advanced level text on the atmospheric
boundary layer and its modeling]
Geiger, R., Aron, R. H., and Todhunter, P. (2003) The
Climate Near the Ground, 6th edn, Rowman &
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extensive references to European research]
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Lowry, W. P. (1969) Weather and Life: An Intro-
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energy and moisture in the environment,
energy budgets of systems, the biological
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Meetham, A. R. et al. (1980) Atmospheric Pollution,
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micrometerology and plants - radiation,
exchanges of momentum, heat, moisture and
particles, micrometerological models and
instruments]
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surface climate processes in natural and
human-modified environments by a renowned
urban climatologist]
Richards, P. W. (1952) The Tropical Rain Forest, An
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forest biology and ecology that includes chapters
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Sellers, W. D. (1965) Physical Climatology,
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[Classic and still valuable treatment of physical
processes in meteorology and climatology]
Sopper, W. E. and Lull, H. W. (eds) (1967) Inter-
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[Includes contributions on moisture budget
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Sukachev, V. and Dylis, N. (1968) Fundamentals of
Forest Biogeocoenology, Oliver and Boyd,
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Articles
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