TY - JOUR
AU - Burt, P. J. A.
AB -  Book review Climates of the southern continents: Present, past and future. Edited by J. E. Hobbs, J. A. Lindesay and H. A. Bridgeman. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. xix + 297 pp. Hardback €65.00. ISBN 0 471 94926 4 The back cover of this book states that “this book fills a significant gap in the climatological literature, providing a comprehensive assessment of the climates of the southern hemisphere”. I don’t believe that there is any disputing this description. Within this relatively compact and readable volume lies a very useful account of the past and present climates of the southern continents. There are nine chapters, written by a total of seven contributors (including the three editors). Following a general overview of the Southern Hemisphere (Chapter l), accounts of the present climates of southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, South America and the Antarctic region (Chapters 2 to 5 inclusive) are presented. Past climates of southern Africa, Australasia and South America are addressed separately in the following three chapters, whilst the final chapter (Chapter 9) presents a general overview of future climate scenarios for all the southern continents together. The text is adequately illustrated throughout, w t drawings and 
TI - Climates of the southern continents: Present, past and future.
JO - Weather
DO - 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1999.tb03996.x
DA - 1999-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/climates-of-the-southern-continents-present-past-and-future-pA7G4dWg2x
SP - 343
VL - 54
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -