TY - BOOK AU - Warner,Thomas T. TI - Desert meteorology SN - 0-521-81798-6 U1 - 551.69154/W28 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge: PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - CLIMATOLOGÍA KW - METEOROLOGÍA KW - ZONA ÁRIDA KW - REGIONES CLIMÁTICAS N1 - Incluye índice: páginas 587-595; Incluye referencias bibliográficas: páginas 549-586; 1. Introduction -- 2. The Atmospheric dynamics of deserts -- 3. Climates of the world deserts -- 4. Atmospheric and surface energy budgets of deserts -- 5. Surface physics of the unvegetated sandy desert landscape -- 6. Vegetation effects on desert surface physics -- 7. Substrate effects on desert surface physics -- 8. Desert-surface physical properties -- 9. Numerical modeling of desert atmospheres -- 10. Desert boundary layers 11. Desert microclimates -- 12.Dynamic interactions among desert microclimates -- 13. Desert rainfall -- 14. Anthropogenic effects on the desert atmosphere -- 15. Changes in desert climate -- 16. Severe weather in the desert -- 17. Effects of deserts on the global environment and other regional -18. Desertification -- 19. Bioclimatology of deserts -- 20. Optical properties of desert atmospheres ER -