The Surface climates of Canada.

Record details

ISBN: 9780773516724 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0773516727 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxv, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1. Surface Climate Concepts. 1. Canada's Climate: An Overall Perspective / F. Kenneth Hare. 2. Surface Climate Processes / Timothy R. Oke. 3. Spatial Variability in Surface Climates / Douw G. Steyn, Hans-Peter Schmid and John L. Walmsley. 4. Winter and Snow / John W. Pomeroy and Barry E. Goodison -- Pt. 2. Natural Surface Climates. 5. Oceans and the Coastal Zone / Owen Hertzman. 6. Freshwater Lakes / William M. Schertzer. 7. Wetlands / Nigel T. Roulet, D. Scott Munro and Linda Mortsch. 8. The Arctic Islands / Ming-Ko Woo and Atsumu Ohmura. 9. The Low Arctic and Subarctic / Wayne R. Rouse, Richard L. Bello and Peter M. Lafleur. 10. Alpine Environments / Ian R. Saunders, D. Scott Munro and W. G. Bailey. 11. Forest Environments / J. Harry McCaughey, Brian D. Amiro and Alexander W. Robertson -- Pt. 3. Managed and Changing Surface Climates. 12. Agricultural Surfaces / Terry J. Gillespie. 13. Urban Environments / Timothy R. Oke. 14. Climatic Change / L. D. Danny Harvey. 15. Epilogue / R. Ted Munn.