Climates of the World
Published Oct 23, 1992 · Danuta Martyn
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Part I. An Outline of Climates. Fundamental processes: Factors influencing and differentiating climate. Principal aspects of heat exchange: The insolation of the Earth as a result of its orbiting the Sun, Effective duration of sunshine, Solar radiation. Principal aspects of the general atmospheric circulation: Atmospheric pressure, The general atmospheric circulation, Regional and local atmospheric circulation systems. Geographical climatic factors: Latitude, Distribution of land and sea, Lie of the land, land cover, Ocean currents. Climatic elements: Air temperature. Actual evaporation. Air humidity. Fog. Cloudiness. Precipitation. Thunderstorms and Dust Storms. The Regionalization of World Climates. PART II. The Climates of the Continents and Oceans. The Climates of Europe (excluding the USSR in Europe): Iceland Norway, Sweden and Finland Great Britain and Ireland France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg Denmark and Germany Poland Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania Switzerland and Austria Spain and Portugal Italy and Corsica Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and the European part of Turkey. The Climates of the USSR. The Climates of Asia: Mongolia, China, North and South Korea Japan Turkey, Iran and Afganistan The Levant and the Arabian Peninsula India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the countries of the Indochinese Peninsula, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. The Climates of Africa: North Africa Central West Africa of the northern hemisphere Central East Africa of the northern hemisphere Equatorial West Africa East Africa South-West Africa South-East Africa Southern Africa Madagascar. The Climates of North and Central America: Canada and Alaska The USA Mexico Central America. The Climates of South America: Colombia Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana and Surinam Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia Brazil Chile Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Climates of Australia and New Zealand: Australia, New Zealand. The Climates of the Arctic. The Climates of Antarctica. The Climates of the Atlantic Ocean. The Climates of the Indian Ocean. The Climates of the Pacific Ocean. Literature. Index of Geographical Names.