Tentative Table of Contents
Aerosols
Africa, Climate of
Agroclimatology
Air Pollution Climatology
Airmass Climatology
Albedo and Reflectivity
Aleutian Low
Angular Momentum, Velocity
Antarctic Climates
Applied Climatology
Archeoclimatology
Architecture and Climate
Arctic Climates
Arid Climates
Aridity Indexes
Art and Climate
Asia, Climate of Central and East
Asia, Climate of South
Asia, Climate of Southwest (Middle East)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Circulation, Global
Atmospheric Nomenclature
Atmospheric Nuclei and Dust
Australia and New Zealand, Climate of
Azores (Bermuda) High
Beaufort Wind Scale
Bioclimatology
Blizzard Climatology
Blocking
Boreal Zone
Boundary Layer Climatology
Bowen Ratio
Budyko, M.L.
Carbon-14 Dating
Centers of Action
Central America and the Caribbean, Climate of
Climate Affairs
Climate Change and Health
Climate Change Impact Studies
Climate Comfort Indices
Climate Data Centers
Climate Modeling Centers
Climatic Change and Ancient Civ.
Climatic Classification
Climatic Hazards
Climatic Variation, Historical Record **
Climatic Variation, Instrumental Data
Climatic Vulnerability
Climatology
Climatology, History of
Cloud Climatology
Coastal Climate
Commerce and Climate
Condensation
Continental Climate/Continentality
Coral Reefs and Climate
Coriolis Effect
Crime and Climate
Cultural Climatology
Cycles and Periodicities
Degree Days
Desertification
Deserts
Determinism, Climatic
Dew/Dew Point
Doldrums
Drought
Dynamic Climatology
Earth Laws and Climatology
Easterly Waves
Ekman (Spiral) Layer
El Nino
Electromagnetic Radiation
Energy Budget Climatology
Europe, Climate of
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
Extratropical Cyclones
Ferrel Cell
Flohn, Hermann
Fog and Mist
Folklore, Proverbs and Climate
Frost
Gentilli
Geomorphology and Climate
Global Environmental Change
Global Warming & Climate Change
Greenhouse Effect/Gases
Hadley Cell
Hadley, G.
Hail
Hare, Kenneth
Heat Index
Heat Low
Holocene Epoch
Horse Latitudes
Howard, Luke
Human Health and Climate
Humboldt, A. von
Humid Climates
Humidity
Hurricanes, Data and Sources
Hydroclimatology
Ice Ages
Icebergs & Heinrich Events
Icelandic Low
Indian Summer
Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change
Intertropical Convergence Zone
Inversion
Iso" Terms
Jet Streams
Katabatic (Gravity) Winds
Kepler's Laws
Koppen, W.
Krakatoa Winds
Kyoto Protocol
Lakes, Effects on Climate
Lamb, H.H.
Land and Sea Breezes
Landsberg, Helmut
Lapse Rate
Latent Heat
Lightning
Literature and Climate
Little Ice Age **
Local Climatology
Local Winds
Madden-Julian Oscillation
Maritime Climate
Mather, J.R.
Maunder Minimum
Maury, M.F.
Medieval Warm Period
Mediterranean Climates
Microclimatology
Middle Latitude Climates
Milankovitch, M.
Military Affairs and Climate
Models, Climatic
Monsoon and Monsoon Climates
Montreal Protocol
Mountain and Valley Winds
Mountain Climates
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Climate Data Center
New Zealand, see Australia
North America, Climate of
North American High
North Atlantic Oscillation
Ocean Circulation
Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
Orographic Precipitation
Oscillations
Ozone, Atmospheric
Pacific (Hawaiian) High
Pacific North American Osc.
Paleoclimatology
Palmer Drought Index
Phase Changes
Precipitation
Precipitation Distribution
Pressure, Surface
Pressure, Upper Air
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
Radar, Climatic Applications
Radiation Climatology
Radiation Laws
Rain Forest Climate
Rain Shadow
Reanalysis
Relative Humidity
Religion and Climate
Rossby Number/Rossby Wave
Satellite Climatology
Savanna Climate
Scales of Climate
Sea Ice and Climate
Sea Level Rise
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Climate Prediction
Seasonality: Astronomic Forcing
Seasons
Sensible Heat
Siberian (Asiatic) High
Singularities
Snow and Snow Cover
Solar Activity
Solar Constant
Solar Flare
Solar Radiation
Solar Wind
South America, Climate of
Southern Oscillation
Sports and Climate
Spring Green Wave
Standard Atmosphere
Statistical Climatology
Sunspot Cycles **
Sunspots
Sunspots, Environmental Influence
Synoptic Climatology
Taiga Climate
Teleconnections
Temperature Distribution
Terrestrial Radiation
Thornthwaite, C.W.
Thunder
Thunderstorms
Tornadoes
Tourism and Climate
Trade Winds
Tree-Ring Analysis
Tropical and Equatorial Climates
Tropical Cyclones
Troposphere
Tundra Climate
Turbulence and Diffusion
Ultraviolet Radiation Units and Conversions
Urban Climatology
Vegetation and Climate
Volcanoes and Climate
Vorticity
Walker Circulation
Water Budget Analysis
Weather
Wind Chill
Wind Power Climatology
Winds and Wind Systems
Zonal Index
Zones, Climatic
John E. Oliver is Professor Emeritus at Indiana State University. He holds a B.Sc. from London University, and an MA and Ph.D from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia University and then at Indiana State where he was formerly Chair of the Geography-Geology Department, and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. He has written many books and journal articles in Climatology, Applied Climatology and Physical Geography.
From the reviews: "This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies information on climates in major continental areas, and explains the intricacies of climatic processes. It provides a clear explanation of current knowledge and research directions in modern climatology ! . The relationship between climatology and both physical and social science is fully explored, as it is the significance of climate for our future well-being." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September, 2005) "This brand-new volume, Encyclopedia of World Climatology, is another addition to the series and is executed ! with ! high quality standards. Since it becomes ever more challenging to maintain an overview of the large individual fields of science, the decision of the editors to provide the community with this series cannot be overapplauded. ! this encyclopedia is a wonderful and most valuable information source. It as a 'must-have' for every library and should be within hands reach of those working in climate research." (Jorg Matchullat, Environmental Geology, Vol. 49, 2006) "With continued interest in topics such as global warming and El Nino, world climatology has taken on a new urgency. This encyclopedia is an outgrowth of the Encyclopedia of Climatology, also written by John E. Oliver and published in 1987. ! the articles are created by outstanding climatologists and very well written. ! The article on crime and climate is fascinating. The volume has an attractive cover ! . Most reference collections will want to contain this important encyclopedia." (Ralph Lee Scott, ARBA online, March, 2007) "This revised encyclopedia updates and expands the classic Encyclopedia of Climatology (1987). ! The highly informative and well-written entries cover all main disciplines of climatology, provide climate information for major continental areas, and describe the dynamics of climate. ! Graphs, charts, and drawings appear where appropriate. ! Author and subject indexes are provided, and the entries are extensively cross-referenced. ! this is an indispensable reference for all libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels." (J. C. Stachacz, CHOICE, March, 2006) "The Encyclopedia of World Climatology is an updated reference volume ! . The primary use of this encyclopedia, as I see it, would be for the teacher at the secondary or tertiary level ! . For students for whom science is not their first love, linking climate to politics, art, architecture and religion can serve to stimulate an interest that might even last longer than one semester. For that purpose, I'll be happy to have this book on my shelf." (Amanda H. Lynch, Australian Meteorological Magazine, Vol. 55 (3), 2006) "The Encyclopedia of World Climatology is an update of the book of the same title published in 1986. ! The book has roughly 150 contributors and, as such, contains a wide spectrum of viewpoints on climate. ! As such the book provides a worthy reference point from undergraduates to established researchers alike." (Dominic Kniveton, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 173 (1), 2007) "This new volume, some 842 pages long, represents an effort to detail the many facets and dimensions of climatology ! . a masterful array of topics presented in an academic, yet highly readable style. ! the volume most deservedly merits finding its way to libraries worldwide, and certainly to the desks of students, faculty, decision makers, and the interested layperson. It ought to be obtained by many constituencies ! . It should also be used by academic researchers and professionals ! ." (Anthony Brazel, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 96 (4), 2006)
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