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DISCUSSION TOPICS

and regionally; many seminal contributions by leading
experts.]
Gentilli, J. (ed.) (1971) Climates of Australia and New
Zealand, World Survey of Climatology 13, Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 405pp. [Detailed survey of climatic char-
acteristics; tables of climatic statistics.]
Glantz, M. H., Katz, R. W. and Nicholls, N. (eds)
(1990) Teleconnections Linking Worldwide Climate
Anomalies , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
535pp. [Valuable essays on ENSO characteristics,
causes and worldwide effects.]
Goudie, A. and Wilkinson, J. (1977) The Warm Desert
Environment , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
88 pp.
Griffiths, J. F. (ed.) (1972) Climates of Africa, World
Survey of Climatology 10, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 604pp.
[Detailed account of the climate of major regions of
Africa; tables of climatic statistics.]
Hamilton, M. G. (1979) The South Asian Summer
Monsoon , Arnold, Australia, 72pp. [Brief account of
major characteristics.]
Hastenrath, S. (1985) Climate and Circulation of the
Tropics , D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 455pp. [Comprehensive
survey of weather systems, climate processes, regional
phenomena and climatic change in the tropics, by a
meteorologist with extensive tropical experience.]
Hayward, D. F. and Oguntoyinbo, J. S. (1987) The
Climatology of West Africa , Hutchinson, London, 271
pp.
Hutchings, J. W. (ed.) (1964) Proceedings of the
Symposium on Tropical Meteorology , New Zealand and
Meteorological Service, Wellington, 737 pp.
Indian Meteorological Department (1960) Monsoons of the
World , Delhi, 270pp. [Classic account with much
valuable information.]
Jackson, I. J. (1977) Climate, Water and Agriculture in
the Tropics , Longman, London, 248pp. [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 modelling of the Asian monsoon.]
Philander, S. G. (1990) El Niño, La Niña, and the Southern
Oscillation , Academic Press, New York, 289pp.
Pielke, R. A. (1990) The Hurricane , Routledge, London
and New York, 228pp. [Brief descriptive presentation
of hurricane formation, distribution and movement;
annual track maps for all Atlantic hurricanes, 1871 to
1989.]
Ramage, C. S. (1971) Monsoon Meteorology , Academic
Press, New York and London, 296pp. [Excellent over-
view of the Asian monsoon and its component weather
systems by a tropical specialist.]

Consider the various factors that influence the
damage caused by a tropical cyclone upon landfall in
different parts of the world (e.g. the southeastern
USA, islands in the Caribbean, Bangladesh, northern
Australia and Hong Kong).

Use the indices of ENSO, NAO, PNA and so on
available on the web (see Appendix 4D) to compare
anomalies of temperature and precipitation in a
region of interest to you during positive and negative
phases of the oscillations.

Examine the similarities and differences of the major
monsoon climates of the world.

What are the similarities and differences of cyclonic
systems in middle latitudes and the tropics?

By what mechanisms do ENSO events affect
weather anomalies in the tropics and in other parts of
the world?

FURTHER READING

Books

Arakawa, H. (ed.) (1969) Climates of Northern and Eastern
Asia , World Survey of Climatology 8, Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 248pp. [Comprehensive account, as of the
1960s; tables of climatic statistics.]
Barry, R. G. (1992) Mountain Weather and Climate (2nd
edn), Routledge, London and New York, 420pp.
Dickinson, R. E. (ed.) (1987) The Geophysiology of
Amazonia: Vegetation and Climate Interactions , John
Wiley & Sons, New York, 526pp. [Overviews of
climate-vegetation-human interactions in the Amazon,
forest micrometeorology and hydrology, precipitation
mechanisms, general circulation modelling and the
effects of land use changes.]
Domrös, M. and Peng, G-B. (1988) The Climate of China ,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 361pp. [Good description of
climatic characteristics; climatic data tables.]
Dunn, G. E. and Miller, B. I. (1960) Atlantic Hurricanes ,
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA,
326pp. [Classic account.]
Fairbridge, R. W. (1967) The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric
Sciences and Astrology , Reinhold, New York, 1200pp.
Fein, J. S. and Webster, P. J. (eds) (1987) Monsoons ,
J.Wiley & Sons, New York, 632 pp. [Theory and mod-
elling of monsoon mechanisms, considered globally