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The Weather Atlas / by Keith Lye.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lye, Keith.
Contributor:
Campbell, Alastair, 1947- designer.
Backhouse, Fid, editor.
Rowland, Nicholas, cartographer.
Running Press, publisher.
Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Weather--Juvenile literature.
Weather.
Meteorology--Juvenile literature.
Meteorology.
Climatology--Juvenile literature.
Climatology.
Genre:
Literature.
Juvenile works.
PRO Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
Physical Description:
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 34 cm
Distribution:
London : Running Press,
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Running Press, 2001.
Contents:
The air around us
The atmosphere
The Sun's heat
The moving atmosphere
Winds
Moisture in the air
Rainfall
Snow, hail and frost
The water cycle
Monsoons
Depressions
Stormy weather
Thunderstorms
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Sandstorms and blizzards
Heatwaves and floods
Studying the weather
Information from space
Weather maps
Weather forecasting
Climate
Climatic regions
Have climates changed?
Air pollution
Global warming
Weather records.
Notes:
"The World of Weather As You've Never Seen It Before"--Cover.
"The wild and wonderful world of clouds, wind, rain, gales, storms, hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, typhoons, monsoons, drought, fog, smog, el niño, la niña, thunder, lightning, fronts, thermals, anticyclones, cyclones, ozone, frost, heatwaves, radiation, breezes."--Cover.
"Devised and produced by The Hex Press Ltd., 1 West End, Whittlesford, Cambridge."--Title page verso
"Art Director: Alastair Campbell. Managing Editor: Kim Yarwood. Editor: Fid Backhouse, Designer: John Carrod. Maps: Nicholas Rowland. Color separations: DPI."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Local Notes:
Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
Running Press copies are "1" printing.
Running Press copies have 1 sheet of white paper between back free endpaper and back pastedown.
ISBN:
0762409592
9780762409594
OCLC:
46919252

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