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Author:   Phil D. Jones ,  A.E.J. Ogilvie ,  T.D. Davies ,  K.R. Briffa
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2001 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.790kg
ISBN:  

9780306465895

ISBN 10:   0306465892
Pages:   295
Publication Date:   31 August 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Unlocking the Doors to the Past: Recent Developments in Climate and Climate Impact Research; P.D. Jones, et al. Pre-Instrumental Observations. Pre-instrumental Weather Observations in Poland in the 16th and 17th Centuries; A. Bokwa, et al. The Late Maunder Minimum (1675-1715) - climax of the `Little Ice Age' in Europe; J. Luterbacher. Instrumental Records. Early European Instrumental Records; P.D. Jones. Circulation Changes in Europe since the 1780s; J. Jacobeit, et al. Climate Syntheses. A millennium of Weather, Winds and Water in the Low Countries; A.F.V. van Engelen, et al. Long Climatic Series from Austria; I. Auer, et al. The Onset of the Little Ice Age; J.M. Grove. Sea Ice-Climate-Glacier Relationships in Northern Iceland since the Nineteenth Century: Possible Analogues for the Holocene; M. Wastl, et al. Climate Impacts. The Impact of Short-term Climate Change on British and French Agriculture and Population in the First Half of the 18th Century; A. Michaelowa. Bons baisers d'Islande: Climatic, Environmental, and Human Dimensions Impacts of the Lakagígar Eruption (1783-1784) in Iceland; G.R. Demarée, A.E.J. Ogilvie. The Effect of Climatic Variation on Pelagic Fish and Fisheries; J. Alheit, E. Hagen. Climate and Human Health Linkages on Multiple Timescales; H.F. Diaz, et al. Index.

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... the book contains much interesting, useful material that students and researchers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from reading. ...this book does have something for everyone. ... it should retain a place in every library where there is an interest in either climate or history, or maybe even both.' Pete Langdon, University of Exeter in Progress in Physical Geography, 26: 3 (2002)

`... the book contains much interesting, useful material that students and researchers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from reading. ...this book does have something for everyone. ... it should retain a place in every library where there is an interest in either climate or history, or maybe even both.' Pete Langdon, University of Exeter in Progress in Physical Geography, 26:3 (2002)

`... the book contains much interesting, useful material that students and researchers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from reading. ...this book does have something for everyone. ... it should retain a place in every library where there is an interest in either climate or history, or maybe even both.' Pete Langdon, University of Exeter in Progress in Physical Geography, 26:3 (2002)

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