文档介绍：Biometeorology for Adaptation
to Climate Variability and Change
BIOMETEOROLOGY
Volume 1
Chief Editor
Glenn R. McGregor, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Editorial Board
Richard de Dear, Macquire University, Sydney, Australia
Kristie L. Ebi, ESS, LLC, Alexandria, VA, USA
Daniel Scott, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Scott Sheridan, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Mark D. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Kristie L. Ebi • Ian Burton • Glenn R. McGregor
Editors
Biometeorology for
Adaptation to Climate
Variability and Change
Editors
Kristie L. Ebi Glenn R. McGregor
ESS, LCC Virginia Department Geography, Geology
USA and Environment Science
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Ian Burton
Independent Scholar and Consultant
Ontario, Canada
ISBN 978-1-4020-8920-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8921-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008940150
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Foreword
Biometeorology continues to grow as a discipline. It is increasingly recognised for
its importance in providing science of relevance to society and well being of the
environment. This book is the first in a new book series on Biometeorology. The
purpose of the new series is municate the interdisciplinary philosophy and
science of biometeorology to as wide an audience as possible, introduce scientists
and policy makers to the societal relevance of and recent developments in its sub-
fields and demonstrate how a biometeorolog