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Informationen zum Autor Ian Strangeways is Director of TerraData! a consultancy in meteorological and hydrological instrumentation and data collection. He has also written Measuring the Natural Environment (Cambridge University Press! 2003)! now in its second edition. Klappentext 2006 reference on precipitation for academic researchers and professionals in environmental science and climatology and water resource management. Zusammenfassung This book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in precipitation! and the developments in the measurement of precipitation. This will be a valuable reference for academic researchers in environmental science and climatology! and professionals in water resource and flood management. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Past Theories of Rain and Snow: 1. The ancients; 2. A renaissance; Part II. Present Theories of Precipitation: 3. Basic processes; 4. Cloud formation; 5. Cloud droplets, ice particles and precipitation; 6. Lightning; Part III. Measuring Precipitation: 7. Early attempts to measure rainfall; 8. Measuring precipitation with raingauges; 9. Measuring snow; 10. Measuring precipitation with radar; 11. Measuring precipitation from satellites; Part IV. The Global Distribution of Precipitation: 12. Raingauge and satellite datasets; 13. Precipitation means and trends; 14. Precipitation variability and extremes; Part V. Future Developments: 15. The future of precipitation measurement; Appendix. Acronyms and abbreviations; Index.
