The handy weather answer book

• Main Author: Hile, Kevin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press, 2009.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Meteorology > Miscellanea.; Weather > Miscellanea.; Climatology > Miscellanea.; Climatology.; Meteorology.; Weather.; NATURE > Weather.; SCIENCE > Meteorology & Climatology. > Earth Sciences; Electronic books.
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Fully updated with the latest advances in meteorology as well as an additional section on climate change, this comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of weather in an accessible question-and-answer format. All the basic elements of weather are discussed, as are all types of weather phenomena...

Table of Contents:

• Front Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; WEATHER FUNDAMENTALS; THE ATMOSPHERE; HEAT AND COLD; CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION; STORMY WEATHER; ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND WEATHER; WEATHER IN SPACE; HUMANITY AND THE WEATHER; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODERN METEOROLOGY; INDEX; Back Cover;