| Main Title |
Climate Canada / |
| Author |
Hare, F. Kenneth
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Wiley Publishers of Canada, |
| Year Published |
1974 |
| OCLC Number |
01220839 |
| ISBN |
0471351431; 9780471351436 |
| Subjects |
Canada--Climate ;
Climatology ;
Climatology--Canada
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBM |
QC985.H37 1974 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
03/10/2017 |
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| Collation |
256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents Notes |
CANADA AND ITS CLIMATES: Surface interactions -- Climate and man -- The metric system (SI) -- GENERAL CLIMATOLOGY: The physical climate -- The physical background -- The energy regime -- Radiation -- The water regime -- Surface humidities -- Interactions of water and energy: convection -- Cloudiness and fog -- The dynamic climate: winds, airstreams, storms -- Dynamic principles -- Circulation of the armosphere over canada -- Climate change -- Ancient climates -- Theories of climatic change -- astronomical and solar causes atmospheric causes -- geophysical causes -- the post-Wisconsin changes in North America -- Climatic fluctuations in the immediate past -- Future climate -- THE REGIONAL CLIMATES OF CANADA: Climates of the south -- Pacific Canada -- Cordilleran Canada -- The Prairie Region -- The Great Lakes-St Lawrence Region -- Atlantic Canada -- Climates of the north -- CLIMATE AND MAN IN CANADA: Bioclimate and agriculture -- Bioclimate -- The climate-soil-vegetation triangle -- Productivity and crop yield -- Climatic hazards to crops and natural vegetation -- Climate and economic activity -- Transportation -- Industrial location -- Energy -- Insurance claims -- Water -- Heavy precipitation and flooding -- The worth of meteorology -- Clothing and shelter -- Human comfort in a cold environment -- Summer comfort -- Climate and building design and operation -- Climate and leisure -- Planning for outdoor recreation -- Daily forecases for outdoor recreation -- Outdoor sports -- Urban climates -- The urban heat island -- The urban boundary layer -- Air pollution -- Human responses to climate -- METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND SERVICES: Operational weather services -- Data acquisition system -- Weather analysis and forecasting system -- Public inland weather service -- Aviation weather services -- Marine weather services -- Agriculture and forestry weather services -- Ice information service -- Climatic data -- A brief history -- Climatological networks in 1973 -- Climatic data -- Climatic data processing -- Data periodicals -- Statistical publications -- Surface climatic elements -- Upper air climatic elements. Simple descriptive account of Canada's climates, and their interaction with man, written for college and university students. |
| Place Published |
Toronto |
| Access Notes |
Also issued online. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
©1974 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
74005637 |
| Merged OCLC records |
1971246; 622932139; 1086682213; 1171730326 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20170303084931 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01721cam 2200469 i 45010 |
