Author: Mel Goldstein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028643410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Explains how to track weather patterns, read weather maps, and identify cloud formations while exploring the effects of pollution, hurricanes, and El Niäno.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weather
Author: Mel Goldstein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028643410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Explains how to track weather patterns, read weather maps, and identify cloud formations while exploring the effects of pollution, hurricanes, and El Niäno.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028643410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Explains how to track weather patterns, read weather maps, and identify cloud formations while exploring the effects of pollution, hurricanes, and El Niäno.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extreme Weather
Author: Christopher Passante
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626030
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It'll blow readers away. CD-ROM included! The past few years have delivered some of the most awesome and destructive weather patterns in history. From blistering heat and icy blasts, to hurricane winds and the Greenhouse Effect, The Compete Idiot's Guide® to Extreme Weather enables readers to experience the incredible ferocity of big, bad weather without getting soaked, wind-tossed, thunderstruck, or frozen. And with the CD-ROM that accompanies the book, they'll learn what it's like to be a real- life storm tracker. * Includes a CD-ROM that explores extreme weather in all its frightening glory * Features a listing of record-book extremes, from the worst storms in history to the wettest, hottest, coldest, driest, and snowiest places on Earth
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626030
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It'll blow readers away. CD-ROM included! The past few years have delivered some of the most awesome and destructive weather patterns in history. From blistering heat and icy blasts, to hurricane winds and the Greenhouse Effect, The Compete Idiot's Guide® to Extreme Weather enables readers to experience the incredible ferocity of big, bad weather without getting soaked, wind-tossed, thunderstruck, or frozen. And with the CD-ROM that accompanies the book, they'll learn what it's like to be a real- life storm tracker. * Includes a CD-ROM that explores extreme weather in all its frightening glory * Features a listing of record-book extremes, from the worst storms in history to the wettest, hottest, coldest, driest, and snowiest places on Earth
Pocket Guide to Weather Forecasting
Author: Ron Cordes
Publisher: Pocket Guide Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781931676175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handy guide is an almost indestructible how-to tool. It includes need-to-know information such as quick forecasting, analyzing clouds and more. Best of all, the guide is waterproof, dirt-proof and pocket-sized, so you can take it everywhere!
Publisher: Pocket Guide Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781931676175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handy guide is an almost indestructible how-to tool. It includes need-to-know information such as quick forecasting, analyzing clouds and more. Best of all, the guide is waterproof, dirt-proof and pocket-sized, so you can take it everywhere!
The Complete Weather Guide
Author: Joseph Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108065317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
First published in 1812, this engaging work derives weather forecasts from the movements of plants and animals.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108065317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
First published in 1812, this engaging work derives weather forecasts from the movements of plants and animals.
Weather For Dummies
Author: John D. Cox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119811023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
What in the world is going on up there? Look up! It’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a Polar mesospheric cloud! When you look to the sky, do you wonder why the Sun is so bright or why the clouds are white or why the sky is blue? Then, Weather For Dummies is your resource to fuel your curiosity about the weather. It takes you on an exciting journey through the Earth's atmosphere and the ways it behaves. You’ll get an overview of rain, Sun, clouds, storms and other phenomena. With helpful photographs and illustrations, you can easily visualize different weather types and relate them into the world around you. The scientific words and phrases are explained in detail (what is barometric pressure?), your curious questions are answered (why do we have seasons?), and the roots of weather myths, proverbs, and sayings are revealed (“early thunder, early spring”). Discover how weather forecasts are made, and what constitutes a weather emergency Find out what causes change in weather, such as how air pressure drives winds Learn how climate change is affecting today’s weather Discover how light plays tricks on our eyes to create effects like rainbows, sun dogs, and halos Have fun with at-home weather experiments, including setting up your own weather station Perfect for any weather amateur, you can have your head in the clouds while your feet are on the ground. Next time you’re outside, take Weather For Dummies along with you, look at the sky, and discover something new about the environment you live in.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119811023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
What in the world is going on up there? Look up! It’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a Polar mesospheric cloud! When you look to the sky, do you wonder why the Sun is so bright or why the clouds are white or why the sky is blue? Then, Weather For Dummies is your resource to fuel your curiosity about the weather. It takes you on an exciting journey through the Earth's atmosphere and the ways it behaves. You’ll get an overview of rain, Sun, clouds, storms and other phenomena. With helpful photographs and illustrations, you can easily visualize different weather types and relate them into the world around you. The scientific words and phrases are explained in detail (what is barometric pressure?), your curious questions are answered (why do we have seasons?), and the roots of weather myths, proverbs, and sayings are revealed (“early thunder, early spring”). Discover how weather forecasts are made, and what constitutes a weather emergency Find out what causes change in weather, such as how air pressure drives winds Learn how climate change is affecting today’s weather Discover how light plays tricks on our eyes to create effects like rainbows, sun dogs, and halos Have fun with at-home weather experiments, including setting up your own weather station Perfect for any weather amateur, you can have your head in the clouds while your feet are on the ground. Next time you’re outside, take Weather For Dummies along with you, look at the sky, and discover something new about the environment you live in.
A Pocket Guide to Weather
Author: Julie Lloyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405488075
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405488075
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Guide to Weather Forecasting
Author: Storm Dunlop
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Describes weather forecasting, including how different phenomena develop, how geography produces local weather patterns, and ways to make a forecast at home.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Describes weather forecasting, including how different phenomena develop, how geography produces local weather patterns, and ways to make a forecast at home.
How to Read the Weather
Author: Storm Dunlop
Publisher: National Trust
ISBN: 1911358502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
There's nothing the British love more than discussing the weather and debating what it's going to do next. This handy-sized guide explains what causes the weather and easy ways to make your own forecasts. Will I need to take an umbrella this afternoon? Does a red sky tonight really mean fine weather tomorrow? What do those funny shaped clouds mean? To answer these questions and more, you need How to Read the Weather, a handy pocket-sized guide to the most important subject in the world. Renowned weather expert Storm Dunlop – yes, really – takes you through the basics of what makes the weather and shows you how to read the signs to know what's going to happen next. Along the way he also reveals some of the most unusual and dramatic weather events in our history. From barometers to blizzards, cloud bursts to cross winds, this book is perfect for the armchair meteorologist, or for those planning their next walk or camping trip.
Publisher: National Trust
ISBN: 1911358502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
There's nothing the British love more than discussing the weather and debating what it's going to do next. This handy-sized guide explains what causes the weather and easy ways to make your own forecasts. Will I need to take an umbrella this afternoon? Does a red sky tonight really mean fine weather tomorrow? What do those funny shaped clouds mean? To answer these questions and more, you need How to Read the Weather, a handy pocket-sized guide to the most important subject in the world. Renowned weather expert Storm Dunlop – yes, really – takes you through the basics of what makes the weather and shows you how to read the signs to know what's going to happen next. Along the way he also reveals some of the most unusual and dramatic weather events in our history. From barometers to blizzards, cloud bursts to cross winds, this book is perfect for the armchair meteorologist, or for those planning their next walk or camping trip.
Travel Planner's Weather Guide
Author: Russell Jennings
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969136330
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Travel Planner's Weather Guide is a quick-reference guide to all countries. This easy-to-read guide is an essential source for vacationers, business travellers, travel agents and tour operators. All the world's countries are listed as well as major island dependencies. The guide also warns of seasons of strong desert winds, cyclones, monsoons, snowy conditions, freezing temperatures and searing heat.The guide also contains:Weather tables for hundreds of cities showing temperatures, rainfall, days with rain and hours of sunshine. (Figures were obtained from World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)Weather descriptions for every country, region by region, and season by season, when necessary.More than 240 maps.Explanation of global warming, El Ni?o and La Ni?a.List of name changes of countries and cities.When and where to go on a cruise.When to ski, trek, go on safari, dive, climb mountains and visit national parks.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969136330
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Travel Planner's Weather Guide is a quick-reference guide to all countries. This easy-to-read guide is an essential source for vacationers, business travellers, travel agents and tour operators. All the world's countries are listed as well as major island dependencies. The guide also warns of seasons of strong desert winds, cyclones, monsoons, snowy conditions, freezing temperatures and searing heat.The guide also contains:Weather tables for hundreds of cities showing temperatures, rainfall, days with rain and hours of sunshine. (Figures were obtained from World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)Weather descriptions for every country, region by region, and season by season, when necessary.More than 240 maps.Explanation of global warming, El Ni?o and La Ni?a.List of name changes of countries and cities.When and where to go on a cruise.When to ski, trek, go on safari, dive, climb mountains and visit national parks.
Dick Goddard's Weather Guide and Almanac for Northeast Ohio
Author: Dick Goddard
Publisher: Gray Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Nobody explains Cleveland's weather better than Dick Goddard, twice rated the most popular local weathercaster in America. Now his first book makes weather easier to understand -- and fun to learn about -- with month-by-month facts, folklore, storm tips, and weather wit. Humorous short essays range from stargazing to global warming.
Publisher: Gray Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Nobody explains Cleveland's weather better than Dick Goddard, twice rated the most popular local weathercaster in America. Now his first book makes weather easier to understand -- and fun to learn about -- with month-by-month facts, folklore, storm tips, and weather wit. Humorous short essays range from stargazing to global warming.