Fire and Rain : California’s Changing Weather and Climate [1 ed.] 9783031322730, 9783031322723
This book shows how California’s weather and climate have drastically changed and what we can expect in the near future.
131 86 110MB
English Pages xxxiii; 249 Year 2023
Table of contents :
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 The Most Climatically Diverse State in the United States
2 The Golden State and Its Physical Environment
3 California Sunshine
4 Temperature Variations: Heat and Cold
5 The Atmosphere–Ocean Influence
6 Precipitation: Too Much or Too Little
7 Fog: A Menace or Friend
8 California Winds and Fire Weather
9 Cyclones: Mid-latitude and Tropical
10 Thunderstorms and Thunderstorm-Associated Severe Weather
11 Climate Change in California: Past, Present, and Future
12 California Weather and Air Pollution
13 California Agriculture
Appendix A: 1991–2020 Normals
Appendix B: Historical Winter Storms
Appendix C: Notable California Fires
Appendix D: The American Lung Association 2022 “State of the Air”
Appendix E: Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1840
Index
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 The Most Climatically Diverse State in the United States
2 The Golden State and Its Physical Environment
3 California Sunshine
4 Temperature Variations: Heat and Cold
5 The Atmosphere–Ocean Influence
6 Precipitation: Too Much or Too Little
7 Fog: A Menace or Friend
8 California Winds and Fire Weather
9 Cyclones: Mid-latitude and Tropical
10 Thunderstorms and Thunderstorm-Associated Severe Weather
11 Climate Change in California: Past, Present, and Future
12 California Weather and Air Pollution
13 California Agriculture
Appendix A: 1991–2020 Normals
Appendix B: Historical Winter Storms
Appendix C: Notable California Fires
Appendix D: The American Lung Association 2022 “State of the Air”
Appendix E: Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana Jr., 1840
Index
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