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Weather : a very short introduction / Storm Dunlop.
LIBRA QC981 .D85 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunlop, Storm, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 506.
- Very short introductions ; 506
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weather.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 17 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "In this Very Short Introduction Storm Dunlop explains what weather is, what causes it, and how we measure it. Analysing the basic features of the atmosphere, its major wind systems and ocean currents, he shows how these drive the weather we experience."--Book cover.
- Contents:
- The atmosphere
- The circulation of the atmosphere
- Global weather systems
- Water in the atmosphere
- Weather systems
- Weather in the tropics
- Severe and unusual weather events
- Localized weather
- Worldwide effects and forecasting
- Appendices : A. The Beaufort scale of wind speeds ; B. The major cloud types (genera) ; C. Tornado and hurricane intensity scales.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199571314
- 0199571317
- OCLC:
- 950476083
- Publisher Number:
- 99974783174
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