Strahler, Alan and Strahler, Arthur. The authors do not devote any one chapter to climate changes or climatology. Meteorology is discussed in Chapter 4 and Climate Classification is discussed in Chapter 7. The author s point out that climate encompasses both means and extremes of weather. With coastal climatology being an explanation of the causes for climatic conditions, the authors do a very good job in breaking down climate into types.
Climatologists use a set of rules in examining monthly temperature and precipitation values.
By applying those rules, climatologists can use each weather station s data to determine the climate to which it belongs. Our textbook discusses 13 distinctive climate types. The overall study references the global scope of climate however, not just coastal. This book is designed for easy use and easy reference. The chapter summaries follow the chapters pretty well, although the review questions require more research, even after having read the chapter.