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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2011
      27 October 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511973840
      9780521516495
      9781108446549
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973840
      Dimensions:
      (276 x 219 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.65kg, 528 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (280 x 216 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.4kg, 530 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Earth and Environmental Sciences, Climatology and Climate Change, Geomorphology and Physical Geography
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    A comprehensive review of dryland climates and their relationship to the physical environment, hydrology, and inhabitants. Chapters are divided into five major sections on background meteorology and climatology; the nature of dryland climates in relation to precipitation and hydrology; the climatology and climate dynamics of the major dryland regions on each continent; and life and change in the world's drylands. It includes key topics such as vegetation, geomorphology, desertification, micro-habitats, and adaptation to dryland environments. This interdisciplinary volume provides an extensive review of the primary literature (covering nearly 2000 references) and the conventional and satellite datasets that form key research tools for dryland climatology. Illustrated with over 300 author photographs, it presents a unique view of dryland climates for a broad spectrum of researchers, environmental professionals and advanced students in climatology, meteorology, geography, environment science, earth system science, ecology, hydrology and geomorphology.

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    'Dryland Climatology provides the tools for an integrated understanding of the major drivers and effects of dryland climates [and] is much more than a traditional climatology monograph … Written by a leading climatologist with decades of active research in arid environments, this unique book addresses a readership of students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of dryland science … I strongly recommend this topical book for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses and as a reference for research on dryland climates and arid landscapes.'

    Source: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union

    'Dryland Climatology presents a unique view of dryland climates from a broad perspective. The author, Sharon E. Nicholson, draws together over 30 years of her research in drylands to provide a comprehensive, 500-plus-page review of dryland climates … comprehensive yet skilfully crafted to explain detailed and complex concepts in an easy-to-follow manner … this volume has been very carefully thought through and nicely presented. [It] is a must for anybody interested in dryland systems and certainly reaches audiences far beyond the title.'

    Adrian G. Parker Source: The Holocene

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