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Climatology for Airline Pilots
Roy Quantick (Author)
9780632052950, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 22 January 2001
300 pages
24.5 x 17.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg
Climatology - particularly the study of difficult and demanding weather conditions - is of major importance to pilots now that aeroplanes fly over previously unavailable routes such as the North Pole and take direct routes over very large oceans. Existing books on climatology address physical, biological or cultural environments and do not supply adequate information for the pilot. Nor do the present books on aviation meteorology provide sufficient detail on subjects such as arid climates, tropical storms and upper tropospheric winds and temperatures. This new book concentrates on aspects of climatology that are important for modern aviation, including temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, winds and regional climatic environments from around the world. Although the book has been written with the airline pilot in mind, it will also be an essential reference for Air Transport Pilot Licence training staff and for ATPL students. It will also be of interest to operational route planning staff and students of climatology.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Global air circulation
The global overview
Upper winds and jet streams
Easterly convergence waves
The inter-tropical conference zone or equatorial trough
Tropical storms
Upper air temperature and tropospheric heights
Polar climates
The climatic zones
Route and area climatology - introduction - North Atlantic
Weather in the Arctic
Arctic regions of Norway
Europe
Mediterranean
Africa
Middle East
Arabian Gulf to Singapore
Singapore to Japan
Singapore to Australia
South West Pacific region
Australia
New Zealand
The Pacific
North America
The Caribbean
South America and South Atlantic
Route weather, Dakar to Recefe
El Niño anad La Niña
Appendices
Glossary
Index
Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]
