Weather For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781119811008
ISBN-10: 1119811007
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 188 x 233 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 1119811007
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 188 x 233 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
Notă biografică
John D. Cox is a professional science writer. He studied biological and physical sciences at Harvard and MIT as a fellow of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT.
Cuprins
Introduction 1
Part 1: What's Going On Up There? 5
Chapter 1: What in the World Is Weather? 7
Chapter 2: Forecasts and Forecasting 13
Chapter 3: Behind the Air Wars 35
Chapter 4: Land, Sea, and Precipitation: Is This Any Way to Run a Planet? 59
Part 2: Braving the Elements 77
Chapter 5: Blowing in the Winds 79
Chapter 6: Getting Cirrus 101
Chapter 7: The Greatest Storms on Earth 123
Part 3: Some Seasonable Explanations 145
Chapter 8: The Ways of Winter 147
Chapter 9: Twists and Turns of Spring 177
Chapter 10: Extremely Summer 209
Chapter 11: Falling for Autumn 231
Part 4: The Long Run 239
Chapter 12: Climate Is What You Expect; Weather Is What You Get 241
Chapter 13: Weathering Our Changing Atmosphere 265
Chapter 14: Taking Care of the Air 277
Part 5: The Special Effects 293
Chapter 15: Up in the Sky! Look! 295
Chapter 16: Tools of the Trade 311
Chapter 17: Try This at Home 327
Part 6: The Part of Tens 337
Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Most Deadly World Weather Disasters 339
Chapter 19: Ten Weatherwise Critters 345
Chapter 20: Ten Grand Old Weather Proverbs 351
Appendix: Internet Resource Directory 357
Index 365