The changing climate : selected papers / H. H. Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamb, H. H., author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals: A History of Climate Changes

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H. Lamb, describe how climates come about and give a history of climatic changes from the last ice-age to the 1960s.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""The Changing Climate""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""1 Our changing climate, past and present""; ""2 Fundamentals of climate""; ""3 On the nature of certain climatic epochs which differed from the modern (1900-39) normal ""; ""4 Mapping methods applied to the study of climatic variations and vicissitudes ""; ""5 The role of atmosphere and oceans in relation to climatic changes and the growth of ice-sheets on land ""; ""6 Trees and climatic history in Scotland; a radiocarbon dating test and other evidence ""

""7 Britain's climate in the past""""8 What can we find out about the trend of our climate?""; ""Appendix I The production and decay of radioactive carbon C14 in the atmosphere ""; ""Appendix II Tables of decade values of the indices of Summer Wetness/Dryness and Winter Mildness/Severity from 1100 to the 1950s for different European longitudes near 50° N ""; ""Appendix III Indices of Winter Mildness/Severity in Europe and Japan compared, decade by decade, since 1440 ""; ""Names Index""; ""Subject Index""

Notes:

"First published in 1966 by Methuen"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-63954-3

1-136-63955-1

0-203-80428-7

9780203804285

OCLC:

852755982