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Doppler radar, satellites, and computer models : the science of weather forecasting / Paul Fleisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleisher, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Weatherwise (Lerner Publications Company)
- Weatherwise
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weather forecasting--Juvenile literature.
- Weather forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications Company, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do scientists predict the weather? What tools and instruments help them make forecasts? How far in advance can they make good predictions? Weather forecasting is a tricky science. Forecasters gather current weather data and study trends and historical patterns. They use their expertise to predict what kind of weather is likely coming next with help from computers, satellites, and other machines. In this fact-packed book, discover what it really takes to forecast Earth s weather."
- Contents:
- Gathering weather information
- Reading a weather map
- Making a prediction
- Predicting climate change.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09319-7
- 9786613093196
- 0-7613-6327-0
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