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Skies of Fury

Autor Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Svarney Barnes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 sep 1999
"The skies aren't friendly anymore "
Sweltering heat waves. Bone-chilling blizzards. Ferocious winds. Mighty peculiar weather we've been having, isn't it? Well, scientists predict that climate trends are only going to get stranger in the future. And in "Skies of Fury, " top science writers Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney take you around the world, bringing you face-to-face with the eye of the storm, explaining the full range of weird weather affecting us. Discover the reasons behind:
"* downdrafts, heat bursts, derechoes, and tornadoes
* monsoons, tropical storms, hurricanes, and rogue waves
* sandstorms, dust devils, wildfires, and polar ice deserts
* light pillars, diamond dust, and sun dogs
* mirages, UFOs, and green flashes
* torrential rainfall, ball lightning, and super showstorms
* flash flooding, hall, sea smoke, and smog"
And much, much more
Fully illustrated with photographs from key weather trackers, and packed with unusual factoids and records, "Skies of Fury" reveals the extremes to which Mother Nature can go in both her unparalleled beauty and her wanton destructiveness.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780684850009
ISBN-10: 0684850001
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 139 x 214 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:Original
Editura: Touchstone Books
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Descriere

Weather watchers can turn to this book to find out the scientific answers to why the world is experiencing weird weather patterns, such as El Nino and tornadoes. Illustrated with photos from NASA, the National Weather Center, and other scientific sources.

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Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Familiar (and Unfamiliar) Weather Everywhere

Chapter 2 Tricks of Light and Shadow

Chapter 3 Weird Cloud Formations

Chapter 4 Rainstorms, Snowstorms, and Thunderstorms

Chapter 5 Weird Lightning Phenomena

Chapter 6 Falling Winds

Chapter 7 Spinning Winds and Tornadoes

Chapter 8 Mountains and the Weather Above the Clouds

Chapter 9 Dry Skies of the Desert

Chapter 10 Ocean Weather from the Deep

Chapter 11 Space Weather and Us

Epilogue

Index