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1 online resource. |
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Environmental science, engineering, and technology
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
CLIMATOLOGY ; CLIMATOLOGY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE CAUSATIVE MECHANISMS BEHIND THE HOUSTON CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ANOMALY ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DATA AND METHOD ; 2.1. Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Dataset ; 2.2. Meteorological and Pollutant Datasets ; 2.2.1. Meteorological Analysis ; 2.2.2. Pollutant Analysis ; 2.3. Data Filtration -- The Use of Selective Exclusion (SE) Filters ; 2.3.1. Selective Exclusion Filter #1 (SE1) -- Large Lightning Event Days ; 2.3.2. Selective Exclusion Filter #2 (SE2) -- Sea Breeze Day Classification. |
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2.3.3. Selective Exclusion Filter #3 (SE3) -- Urban Heat Island Classification 2.3.4. Selective Exclusion Filter #4 (SE4) -- Aerosol Classification ; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 3.1. Component Climatologies ; 3.1.1. Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Climatology ; 3.1.2. Surface Temperatures -- Establishing the UHI Climatology; 3.1.3. Surface Winds & Convergence -- Establishing Sea Breeze/Convergence Climatologies ; 3.1.4. Sulfur-Dioxide (SO2) -- Establishing the Climatology of Area Pollutants ; 3.1.5. Synthesis ; 3.2. Apportioning the Cause -- Selective Exclusion Filtration. |
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3.2.1. Initial Investigation -- Application of Filters to Sea Breeze Days Only 3.2.2. Expanding the Dataset -- Application of Filters to Synoptically Conditioned Days ; 4. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES ; CLIMATOLOGY: THE EFFECTS OF HEAT STRESS ON BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; IMPACT OF HEAT STRESS ; COW-CALF OPERATIONS ; BREED SELECTION ; FEEDLOT ; MANAGEMENT ; SHORT TERM ; LONG TERM ; REFERENCES ; CLIMATOLOGY AND COSMIC RAYS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN COSMIC RAYS AND CLIMATE. |
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1.1. Analytical Vision to Cosmic Rays -- Climate Relations Studies: Other Works 1.2. Our Study to Show How Cosmic Rays Affect Climate ; Geomagnetic Activity: aa Index; LOW CLOUD AMOUNTS ; SUNSPOT NUMBER ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; DETECTION OF FIVE-DAY TO ONE-MONTH SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE PREDICTABILITY USING INFORMATION THEORY ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DATA AND METHODS ; 3. CONDITIONAL ENTROPY ; 4. JOINT ENTROPY AND MUTUAL INFORMATION ; 5. CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; TROPICAL CYCLONE-OCEAN INTERACTION: CLIMATOLOGY* ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. SST AND TCHP. |
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2.1. SST 2.2. TCHP ; 3. OCEAN DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; 3.1. Model ; 3.2. Assimilation Scheme ; 4. SST AND TC INTENSITY IN THE WNP ; 4.1. TC Activity in the WNP ; 4.2. SST and Central Pressure; 5. TCHP AND TC INTENSITY/INTENSIFICATION IN THE WNP ; 5.1. Statistics ; 5.2. Environment for Rapid Intensification ; 6. TCHP AND TC ACTIVITY ON A CLIMATE SCALE ; 6.1. Background ; 6.2. TCHP Climatology ; 6.3. TCHP Variations ; 6.4. TCHP and Atmospheric Response on a Seasonal Scale ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
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Climatology.
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Climatology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Herveoux, Adam, editor.
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Suthland, Eric, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Climatology Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012. 9781621003229 (hardcover) (DLC) 2011032586 |
| ISBN |
9781621003755 ebook |
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1621003752 ebook |
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9781621003229 hardcover |
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1621003221 hardcover |
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