The climate near the ground / A translation by Milroy N. Stewart and others, of the 2d German ed. of Das Klima der Bodennahen Luftschicht, with revisions and enlargements by the author

Author:: Geiger, Rudolf, 1894-1981
Published:: Cambridge : Published for Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Harvard University, by Harvard University Press, 1950.
Physical Description:: xxi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Midday heat exchange at the ground surface the incoming radiationml type -- Nocturnal heat exchange at the ground surface the outgoing radiational type -- True heat conduction the normal course of ground temperature -- Eddy diffusion and its significance -- Long wave radiation -- The warming process -- The cooling process -- The diurnal and annual course of temperature near the ground -- The temperature gradient near the ground -- Humidity relationships -- Wind relationships -- Optical and acoustical phenomena content of dust, carbon dioxide and emanation -- The temperature of the ground surface -- The influence of the type and condition of the soil -- The air layer over water -- Radiation and temperature relationships in a low plant cover -- Humidity and wind relationships in a low plant cover -- Forest meteorology, forest climatology and stand climate -- Radiation relationships in an old stand -- Temperature and humidity relationships in an old stand -- Wind and precipitation in an old stand -- The influence of the make-up of the stand on its climate -- The microclimate of circular slashings, clearings and cuttings -- The climate of the stand border -- The animate world and the microclimate -- The unintentional effect of man on the microclimate -- The city climate.

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Bibliography: pages [413]-462.

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