The Weather And Climate Of Southern Africa

Author : P. D. Tyson,R. A. Preston-Whyte
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : UCSD:31822028754281

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The Weather and Climate of Southern Africa by P. D. Tyson,R. A. Preston-Whyte Pdf

The Weather and Climate of Southern Africa, the second edition of The Atmosphere and Weather of Southern Africa, further consolidates and expands Tyson and Preston-Whyte's in-depth textbook on the meteorology of southern Africa. It offers an introduction to the structure of the atmosphere, anddetailed, well-illustrated discussions on the physics of meteorology, measurement, weather systems, ocean-atmosphere interactions, pollution, climactic change, and forecasting. With a new emphasis on the growing field of climatology, this book is especially pertinent to environmental studies in andon the developing countries of southern Africa, and the relationship of the subcontinent to global weather and climatic changes.

Author : R. A. Preston-Whyte,P. D. Tyson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050753692

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The Atmosphere and Weather of Southern Africa by R. A. Preston-Whyte,P. D. Tyson Pdf

A definitive textbook embracing a wide variety of subjects on weather and climate ranging from the theoretical to the applied. It has been written for all those interested in atmosphere processes and particularly for students and teachers in disciplines such as meteorology, climatology, geography, environmental science, hydrology and oceanography.

Author : Stanley Percival Jackson,P. D. Tyson
Publisher : University of the Witwatersrand, African Studies Institute
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015052557272

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Aspects of Weather and Climate Over Southern Africa by Stanley Percival Jackson,P. D. Tyson Pdf

Author : P. D. Tyson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCSD:31822002416964

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Climatic Change and Variability in Southern Africa by P. D. Tyson Pdf

This book examines the history and mechanisms of climatic change in the southern hemisphere, with emphasis on southern Africa. The crucial question, one which affects the lives of millions, is what determines whether there will be rain or drought. Professor Tyson examines this problem first in the context of geologic history. He then discusses present-day circulation and the manner in which the atmosphere modulates wet and dry spells. He proposes a circulation model to account for paleoclimatic changes over the subcontinent during the last 25 millenia. The material presented here represents research accumulated over a period of 17 years. Nothing similar exists for any country in the southern hemisphere.

Author : Jasper Knight,Christian M. Rogerson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319949741

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The Geography of South Africa by Jasper Knight,Christian M. Rogerson Pdf

This edited collection examines contemporary directions in geographical research on South Africa. It encompasses a cross section of selected themes of critical importance not only to the discipline of Geography in South Africa, but also of relevance to other areas of the Global South. All chapters are original contributions, providing a state of the art research baseline on key themes in physical, human and environmental geography, and in understanding the changing geographical landscapes of modern South Africa. These contributions set the scene for an understanding of the relationships between modern South Africa and the wider contemporary world, including issues of sustainable development and growth in the Global South.

Author : John Earle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121525625

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Sasol First Field Guide to Weather in Southern Africa by John Earle Pdf

Sasol first field guide to weather in Southern Africa provides an insight into the complex processes that lie behind an all too familiar aspect of our lives u the weather.

Author : Dries Van Zyl
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113306406

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South African Weather and Atmospheric Phenomena by Dries Van Zyl Pdf

Why is the sky blue? What is the life cycle of a lightning bolt? Where is the end of the rainbow?

Author : Jarkko Saarinen,Jennifer Fitchett,Gijsbert Hoogendoorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000568417

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Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa by Jarkko Saarinen,Jennifer Fitchett,Gijsbert Hoogendoorn Pdf

This book explores the nature of climate change in southern Africa, its impacts on tourism and the resilience, adaptation and governance needs in various tourism operations and environments. Previous studies on climate change and tourism have mainly focused on the Global North and specific forms of tourism such as snow-based winter activities. Drawing on case studies from a wide range of countries including South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, this book fills this lacuna by describing and analysing the climate change and tourism nexus in the southern African context. The book begins by providing an overview of the current and estimated impacts of climate change to the tourism industry in the region, highlighting the deepening socio-economic inequities, and environmental and social injustices. It focuses on the importance of sustainable tourism in tackling these issues and highlights that resilience and robust governance and policy systems are essential for a tourism destination to successfully adapt to change. By synthesising the key lessons learned through this analysis, Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa also draws attention to specific adaptation and policy strategies which have value for other regions in the Global South. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, tourism and environmental policy and justice.

Author : Colleen Vogel,Karen o'Brien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351777575

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Coping with Climate Variability by Colleen Vogel,Karen o'Brien Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Recent food shortages in Southern Africa, induced by rainfall variability but compounded by problems of governance and rising food prices, have resulted in massive relief efforts. A recent scientific innovation - supplying farmers with seasonal climate forecasts - has been touted as a way to increase preparedness for such situations. This book examines how climate forecasts are used by the agricultural community in Southern Africa. Based on a workshop funded by the World Bank, it covers a broad set of issues related to the use of seasonal forecasts, including factors that constrain users' capacities to respond. Case studies presented in the book explore how forecasts can potentially increase production and food security among a population highly dependent on agriculture and vulnerable to climate variability. The book reflects on how the production, delivery and uptake of seasonal forecasts might be improved, as well as the limitations to their usefulness, and it should catalyse future thinking and research in this field.

Author : Martin Mahony,Samuel Randalls
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822987550

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Weather, Climate, and the Geographical Imagination by Martin Mahony,Samuel Randalls Pdf

As global temperatures rise under the forcing hand of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, new questions are being asked of how societies make sense of their weather, of the cultural values, which are afforded to climate, and of how environmental futures are imagined, feared, predicted, and remade. Weather, Climate, and Geographical Imagination contributes to this conversation by bringing together a range of voices from history of science, historical geography, and environmental history, each speaking to a set of questions about the role of space and place in the production, circulation, reception, and application of knowledges about weather and climate. The volume develops the concept of “geographical imagination” to address the intersecting forces of scientific knowledge, cultural politics, bodily experience, and spatial imaginaries, which shape the history of knowledges about climate.

Author : R. J. Scholes,Mary Scholes,Mike Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 1868149234

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Climate Change by R. J. Scholes,Mary Scholes,Mike Lucas Pdf

Author : Declan Conway,Katharine Vincent
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030611606

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Climate Risk in Africa by Declan Conway,Katharine Vincent Pdf

This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including the robustness of information and the construction of knowledge through co-production. Chapters then move on to explore examples of using climate information to inform adaptation and resilience through early warning, river basin development, urban planning and rural livelihoods based in a variety of contexts. These insights inform new ways to promote action in policy and praxis through the blending of knowledge from multiple disciplines, including climate science that provides understanding of future climate risk and the social science of response through adaptation. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate students and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners in geography, environment, international development and related disciplines.

Author : B. W. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Africa
ISBN : MINN:31951000984236P

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Africa by B. W. Thompson Pdf

Author : P. D. Tyson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016235249

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Recent Developments in Modelling Climatic Change in Southern Africa by P. D. Tyson Pdf

Author : Johan Van Heerden,Lynn Hurry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 0868170453

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Southern Africa's Weather Patterns by Johan Van Heerden,Lynn Hurry Pdf