Nicholson S.E. Dryland Climatology

Cambridge University Press, New York, 2011, 530 pp.
Climate was long defined as the mean weather conditions in a given location. A corollary to this definition is that climate is an inherent and invariant aspect of environment. More and more, climate is being recognized instead as an environmental variable, and an overwhelming body of evidence points to accelerated rates of climate change during the past century. At the same time, unmistakable environmental changes have occurred in dryland regions in response to human behavior.The dryland environment.
The meteorological background.
The climatic environment of drylands.
The Earth’s drylands.
Life and change in the dryland regions.