INDEX 



Cyclones 



cellars, 135 



drought, lt>5 



prediction, 91, 93, 94, 98, 144 



synoptic systems and, 128 



tropical, 184, Fig. VI-12 



see also Tornadoes 

 Cystic fibrosis in European populations, 374 

 Cytogenetic studies of Yanomama Indians, 

 Fig. XI-1, Fig. XI-2 



D region of ionosphere, 9, 10-11 

 Dakar, W. Africa, 194 

 Dallas, Texas, 140 

 Damage/destruction 



by contaminants, 329 



by forest fires, 207 



by hailstorms, 151, Fig. V-12, 154 



by hurricanes, 123, Fig. V-4, 128, 130, 

 133, 136, Fig. V-6 



by lightning, 157, 160, 161 



by solar energy, 8 



by tornadoes, Fig. V-6, 144 



by volcanoes, 42, 43, 44 



by weather changes, 115 



see also Disasters 

 Daphnia, 227, 228, Fig. VIII-2 

 Darwin, Charles 



natural selection, 373, 374, 376, 377 



sea floor contamination, 358 

 Data bases 



adaptation to air pollution, 387 



adaptation to drought, 219-220 



air-quality criteria, 334, 340 



climatic statistics, 120 



cloud seeding technology, 171, 175 



drought prediction, 167 



ecosystem modeling, 282 



estimates of water supply, 197 



forest ecosystems, 300 

 animal ecology, 302 

 fire, 307 



hurricane surveillance, 131 



marine environments, 231 

 North Pacific Ocean, 242 

 Puget Sound, 249 



measuring aeroallergens, 345 



sea-air system, 78, 80, 82, 87-88 



trophic dynamics of Great Lakes, 227 



urban-affected weather changes, 114 



water quality of Great Lakes, 264, 268 



weather forecasting, 90-92, 93, 

 Fig. IV-7, Fig. IV-8, 98, 103 

 pilot reports, 106 

 tornadoes, 146 

 tropical areas, 188 

 Daubenmire, Rexford, 306 

 Davis, Margaret B., 73 

 Davis Sea, 232 

 DDD in lakes, 228 

 DDE in lakes, 228 

 DDT 



in antarctic animals, 241 



in birds, 351, 359 



in fish, 228, 359 



in lake waters, 272 



in oceans, 233, 245 



in pesticides, 352, Fig. X-13, Fig. X-14, 

 Fig. X-18 



phytoplankton and, Fig. VIII— 3 



temperatures and effects of, 57 



use in forest areas, 207, 213 

 Deane, Margaret, 390 

 Death rates, 377, 378 



air pollution and, 385 

 Deaths 



Chagas' disease, 369 



high altitude, 379 



hurricane caused, 127, Fig. V-5, 136 



lightning caused, 157, 158 



tornado caused, 137, 138 

 Decay term for air pollutants, 336 

 Deciduous forests, see Forests 

 Decomposition in forest ecosystems, 292 

 Deer, White-tail, 302, 303, 305, 306, 310 

 Defense, U.S. Department of 



air-sea system, 108 



BOMEX support, Fig. VI-11 



data networks, 23 



volcano technology, 47 



see also Air Force, U.S.; Armed Forces 

 Epidemiological Board, U.S.; Army, 

 U.S.; Army Medical Research and 

 Development Command, U.S.; 

 Cambridge Research Laboratories; 

 Naval Electronics Laboratory Center; 

 Navy, U.S. 

 Defoliation: effects on forests, 298 

 Deforestation 



ecological effects. Fig. IX-9 



effect on climatic changes, 55 

 Dendroclimatological studies, 59 

 Denmark, 386 



Density of water in lakes, 254 

 Dental caries, 379 

 dePena, R. G„ 151, 152 

 Desalination of sea water for equatorial 



areas, 187 

 Desert areas 



arid America, 73-74 



ecosystem model, Fig. IX-3 



monsoons and, 184, 186 



soil studies, 291 



solar radiation in, 55, Fig. Ill 10 



see also Arid regions 

 Dessens, J., 152-153 

 Detroit River, 263, 266 

 Developing nations 



agriculture, 218 



effects of parasitic disease, Fig. X-20, 369 



polluting technology, 330 

 deVries, A. L„ 232 

 Diabetes, 379 

 Diablo Range, Cal., 29, 30 

 Diamonds, 22 



deposits, 32 

 Diatoms, Fig. VIII-4 

 Dieldrin, 369 

 Diet, sec Nutrition 

 Diffusion 



air quality, 334,335 



lake waters, 256, 257, 259 



tornado modeling, 140 



water within forest canopy, 202 



Dinoflagellates, Fig. VIII-4 

 Disasters 



cactus growth in Australia, 297 



marine monitoring, 231 

 Discover, USS (ship), 194 

 Diseases 



airborne, 340, 341, 343 



causation 



contamination, 319-324, 327, 342, 



343, 369 

 noise, 326 

 radiation, 325 



environmental, 364-370 



altitude-related, 379, 380, 383, 384, 385 



genetic, 216, 373, 374 



in animals, 217, 298, 303 



in plants, 297, 300, 310 



resistance to, 376, 378-379 



smog and CO related, 385-390 



see also Allergens, Airborne; Health; and 

 names of specific diseases 

 Diversion of water, 198, Fig. VII-1 

 Diving, 232, 233, 245 

 Djakarta, Indonesia, 86, Fig. IV-5 

 DOD, see Defense, U.S. Department of 

 Dolphins 



toxicity in food chain, 363 



tuna fishing and, 246 

 Douglas, J. W. B., 388 

 Douglas fir, 311 

 Drilling 



continental, 21-25, Fig. II— 1, 30, 31, 57, 59 



ocean, 53, Fig. Ill— 3, 55 

 Dropsondes: air quality measurement, 334 

 Drought, 165-168 



adjustments to, Fig. VII-10 



agriculture and, 218-221, 278 



air-sea interactions, 86 



definition, 166 



tropical areas, 184, 188 

 Drug action: effects at high altitudes, 



379, 384, 385 

 Dunbar, M. J., 231 

 Dust 



Africa, 191-194, Fig. VI-13 



effect on climate, 55, 56, 57-58, 59, 

 Fig. 111-10 



nucleation centers, 329 



pollution factor, 327, Fig. X-6, 343, 358 



solar radiation and, 55, 67, 68, 71 



Soviet economy and, Fig. X-15 



tropical forests and, 298 



see also Aerosols 

 Dust Bowl, Great Plains, 165 

 Dwarfism in crop yields, 216 

 Dynamo effect of earth's core, 24-25 

 Dynamo region of ionosphere, 10 

 Dzerdzeevskii, B. L., 72 



E region of ionosphere, 9, 10 

 Earth 



continental U.S., 28, 31 



crust, 21, 27 



shock wave, from solar wind, 5 



sun's influence on, 3-17 



see also Earthquakes; Volcanoes 



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