Methods in Climatology / L. W. Pollak, V. Conrad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad, V., author.

Pollak, L. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed., rev. and enl. 2nd printing 1962. Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Preface to the First Edition

Contents

Figures

TABLES

PART I. METHODS IN CLIMATOLOGY

Introduction

Chapter I. GENERAL REMARKS

Chapter II. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC ELEMENTS

Chapter III. AIDS TO COMPUTATION

Chapter IV. SOME PROBLEMS OF CURVE FITTING, AND SMOOTHING OF NUMERICAL SERIES

Chapter V. HARMONIC ANALYSIS

Chapter VI. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME SELECTED CLIMATIC ELEMENTS (I)

Chapter VII. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME SELECTED CLIMATIC ELEMENTS (II)

Chapter VIII. SPATIAL COMPARISON OF CLIMATIC ELEMENTS (I)

Chapter IX. SPATIAL COMPARISON OF CLIMATIC ELEMENTS (II)

Chapter X. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE CLIMATOGRAPHY

PART II. COMPUTING DEVICES. PERIODOGRAPHY

Chapter XI. COMPUTATION WITH MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DEVICES

Chapter XII. PERIODOGRAPHY. HIDDEN PERIODICITIES

Chapter XIII. PERIODOGRAPHY. TEST OF SIGNIFICANCE. MUTUALLY DEPENDENT VARIABLES. SECONDARY ANALYSIS

Chapter XIV. PERIODOGRAPHY. DETERMINATION OF PERIODS WITH THE AID OF AUTOCORRELATION

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

APPENDIX III

APPENDIX IV

APPENDIX V

APPENDIX VI

APPENDIX VII

Index

Notes:

"Including some methods in general geophysics."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18785-7

OCLC:

979629342