The Year Without a Summer?
Author | : Canadian Museum of Nature |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015032436324 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book begins with a general section on solar influences on the trend of climate before the eruption of Tambora, the nature of the eruption, its aerosol effects, its course through the atmosphere, and a comparison of the effects of the 1783 eruption of Laki in Iceland on climate and a consideration of the effects of major volcanic eruptions following Krakatau (1883) on Canadian temperatures. Coverage is then geographic, dealing first with the northern hemisphere, including North America, Europe including Iceland and Asia, and then the southern hemisphere. A summary and discussion of results from the workshop on world climate in 1816 concludes the book.