Author Profile

Dr. Suman Nagpal is Dean Faculty of Life Sciences, and Chairperson in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari, India. She obtained her doctorate from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and her post-doctorate from Dublin City University, Ireland. She has been teaching for the last 19 years. She has published a large number of research papers (nearly 100) in national and international journals of repute and guided many PG and Ph.D students. She has nearly, 15 patents to her credit and transferred many technologies of environmental Importance to the industries. She was the winner of the Power of Idea Award- 2012 of Economics Times and DST. Her research interests include environmental science, bio-nanotechnology, environmental quality monitoring, bioremediation of environmental pollutants, and sensors and biosensors for spot diagnosis.

About The Book

Climatology is the study of climate. The more data scientists collect on the local, regional, and global level, the more information they gather on the factors, both natural and manmade, including global warming, that have an effect on climate. The scientific study of weather patterns averaged over a period of time is called climatology or climate science. It focuses on recording and analyzing weather patterns of the Earth's atmosphere and understanding the conditions that cause them. It is a branch of the atmospheric sciences and a subfield of physical geography. Climatology also comprises aspects of oceanography and biogeochemistry. It is used for the analysis of observations and modeling the physical laws that determine the climate. It encompasses climate variability, mechanisms of climate change, and modern climate change. This book outlines the principles and applications of climatology in detail. It discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches of this field. As climatology is emerging at a rapid pace, the contents of this book will help the readers understand the modern concepts and applications of the subject. This book is meant for graduate and post-graduate students of geography both Programme and Hons. as per NEP-2020 syllabus. It explains dimensions of climatology, atmospheric moisture along with disturbances, world climatic regions, atmospheric moisture and cyclonic features and the mechanism of monsoon and climatic classification.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATOLOGY
Chapter 2. ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
Chapter 3. WEATHER SYSTEM
Chapter 4. THE MONSOONS
Chapter 5. CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
Chapter 6. HISTORY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Chapter 7. STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX