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2) Weather
Author
Language
English
Description
Explores the causes, changing patterns, and forecasting of weather.
Author
Publisher
ECW
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
263 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
We live at the bottom of an ocean of air - 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface in an alarmingly thin layer - 99 percent contained within 18 miles. Yet, within this fragile margin lies a magnificent realm - at once gorgeous, terrifying, capricious, and elusive. With his keen eye for identifying and uniting seemingly unrelated events, Chris Dewdney reveals to us the invisible...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A handy reference to the awesome forces of nature we witness every day. For anyone who is dazzled by dramatic displays of wind, thunder, and lightning, Weather For Dummies is an indispensable guide to the basic science behind these daily phenomena. From frontal systems to jet streams, this book gives you the tools you need to understand the climate around you. It includes: explanations for the hottest weather topics including El Nino, global warming,...
7) Weather
Series
Publisher
Time Life Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
288 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
8) Weather
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
American edition, Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Why does it rain? How hot is a bolt of lightning? What makes hurricanes form, and how does climate change affect the weather? What happens when a cold front rolls in? Become a meteorology expert and set up your own home weather station, and learn to read nature's own signs of changing weather. Eyewitness Weather shows you what weather looks like, from a tropical storm cloud seen from above to close-ups of snowflake crystals. Learn about what weather...
Author
Publisher
Adlard Coles
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The fourth edition of this bestselling book explains how to combine professional weather forecasts with information from self-assessment of the signs in the sky, as well as from websites and apps, to arrive at a local forecast of coming weather. The Weather Handbook is the essential guide to how the weather is formed, providing readers with the ability to look at the sky and interpret its signs. This handbook has been the standard reference for over...
10) The weather
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
240 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
11) Weather
Author
Series
Publisher
NTC Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
[ii], 203 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
13) Weather
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
North American ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines various aspects of weather including the atmosphere, winds, clouds, precipitation, rainbows, and storms and discusses the instruments and methods used to study weather and predict its behavior.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to meteorology, focusing on how the weather works, with descriptions of the atmosphere and sun and how they work together, discussion of other factors that influence the weather, and a look at early scientists who studied the weather.
Author
Series
Peterson field guide volume 26
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1981
Physical Desc
xx, 359 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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