Climatology

The object of this book is to provide advanced students, and especially students of geography, with a reasoned account of the world’s climatic types. It is not intended to exempt the student from the reading of original works, but to give a foundation on to which he or she may build. Without entering into the physics of meteorological processes, with which the student is expected to be already familiar, effect is as far as possible related to cause, and, since the book is intended primarily for geographers, prominence is given to the human aspect and the practical application. In short, the book attempts to be reasoned and not merely descriptive, hence the arrangement adopted is not regional but is based on climatic types, with a view to emphasizing the essential similarity of environment in regions similarly situated and climatically allied. Particular attention is paid to the normal type, regional peculiarities of the more important areas being dealt with separately after the general description. The classification followed departs only in matters of detail from those in general use, but the boundary lines adopted are not always coincident with those generally recognized.