Weather & Water (eBook)

B.W. Atkinson, Davina Parker, E.C. Penning-Rowsell (Autoren)

W. F. Maunder (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
241 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-8633-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume reviews statistical information held in a variety of sources in the UK dealing with weather and water. In view of the influence of weather and water supplies on industry and environmental quality, this text will be of particular interest to researchers in these fields.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Weather and Water 4
Copyright Page 5
VOLUME CONTENTS 6
FOREWORD 8
MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE 10
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME XVII 12
29: WEATHER 16
Table of Contents 20
REFERENCE DATE OF SOURCES REVIEWED 17
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19
Chapter 1. Weather and Climate 22
1.1 Observation 22
1.2 Nature and Form of Data 30
Chapter 2. Surface Data 33
2.1 Climate and Weather 33
2.2 Sunshine 36
2.3 Radiation 39
2.4 Temperature 41
2.5 Evaporation and Evapotranspiration 47
2.6 Humidity 51
2.7 Precipitation 53
2.8 Wind 61
2.9 Pressure 63
2.10 Visibility 65
2.11 Cloud 66
Chapter 3. Upper Air Data 68
3.1 Radiosonde data 69
3.2 Radar data 71
3.3 Satellite data 72
Chapter 4. Improvements and Future Developments 74
4.1 Collection of data 74
4.2 Archiving of data 75
4.3 Availability of data 76
Quick Reference List 79
Key to Publications 90
Bibliography 99
Appendices 106
Subject Index 118
30: WATER 122
Table of Contents 126
REFERENCE DATE OF SOURCES REVIEWED 123
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 124
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 125
Chapter 1. Introduction 130
1.0 Scope and Purpose 130
1.1 Problems associated with Data Sources and Series 130
1.2 Definitions 131
Chapter 2. Data Sources and Institutional Arrangements 132
2.0 Objectives 132
2.1 England and Wales 132
2.2 Scotland 139
2.3 Northern Ireland 140
2.4 General Statistics relating to Water Authorities 141
2.5 Income, Revenue Expenditure and Capital 143
2.6 Manpower Statistics and Performance Ratios 146
Chapter 3. Water Supply Statistics 148
3.0 Introduction 148
3.1 Water Sources 148
3.2 Water Source Development 153
3.2 Abstractions from Water Sources 153
3.3 Public Water Supplies 156
3.4 Industrial Water Use 159
3.5 Quality of Water Supplies 160
3.6 Water Supply Charges 162
Chapter 4. Water Pollution and Related Statistics 164
4.0 Introduction 164
4.1 The Measurement of Water Pollution 164
4.2 Pollution in Rivers, Estuaries and Canals 165
4.3 Statistics on Sources of Water Pollution 173
4.4 Other Relevant Data 177
Chapter 5. Water Recreation and Amenity Statistics 179
5.0 Introduction 179
5.1 The National Recreation Surveys 180
5.2 Countryside Recreation Statistics 180
5.3 The National Angling Surveys 181
5.4 Water Space Amenity Commission (WASC) Statistics 182
5.5 Other Data from Regional Water Authorities 183
5.6 Sports Council Statistics 184
5.7 Statistics on Inland Waterways 185
5.8 Fishing Charges 185
Chapter 6. Flood Alleviation 186
6.0 Introduction 186
6.1 Sources of Information on Flood Magnitude and Frequency 186
6.2 Economic Data on Flood Alleviation and Land Drainage 190
6.3 Data Sources on the Extent of Land Drainage 191
Chapter 7. Evaluation 192
7.0 Introduction 192
7.1 Lack of Standardisation 192
7.2 Availability of Data 194
7.3 The Context 195
List of Figures 133
2.1 Organisations in UK Water System 133
2.2 Water Authority Areas in UK 135
4.1 HMS Sites in UK 229
Quick Reference List 198
Key to Publications 208
Bibliography 217
Appendices 220
Subject Index 238

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-8633-9 / 1483286339
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-8633-4 / 9781483286334