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Weather 101 : from Doppler radar and long-range forecasts to the polar vortex and climate change, everything you need to know about the study of weather / Kathleen Sears.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Series: Serie 101Publisher: New York : Adams Media, 2017Edition: First Adams Media hardcover editionDescription: 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781507204634 (hardcover)
  • 1507204639 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Weather one hundred one
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Weather 101DDC classification:
  • 551.5
LOC classification:
  • QC 863.5 S439w 2017
Contents:
Why do we have weather? Weather and civilization Learning to predict the weather Weather and wars World war II HAARP The Doppler radar Weather and climate What's the atmosphere? The water cycle The three levels of clouds How to build a cloud Hail and snow The polar vortex Sleet or freezing rain? High pressure and low pressure The jet stream What's a front?Creating an air mass Oceans and weather El Niño Solar wind Orbits and oceans Determining the seasons Developing thermometers The tools of meteorology The art and sciences of forecasting Forecasting models Lightning Sprites, elves, and blue jets Taming lightning Why we have floods The danger of droughts Hurricanes Tornadoes Tornado formation Volcanoes and other disasters The Johnstown flood The great Galveston hurricane The super outbreak Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Floyd Katrina and SandyStaying safe in the weather Floods and tornadoes The weather and your health Temperature and your body Our changing atmosphere The climate change controversy The causes of global warming Today's technology.
Summary: Weather 101 gives you the basics on weather, from blue skies to hail to dust storms, with information on the science of how weather works, how to predict the weather in your area, how to be ready for natural disasters, and how climate change is affecting weather patterns across the world. -- Provided by publisher.
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"A crash course in understanding the weather"--Cover.

Why do we have weather?
Weather and civilization
Learning to predict the weather
Weather and wars World war II
HAARP
The Doppler radar
Weather and climate
What's the atmosphere?
The water cycle
The three levels of clouds
How to build a cloud Hail and snow The polar vortex
Sleet or freezing rain? High pressure and low pressure
The jet stream What's a front?Creating an air mass
Oceans and weather El Niño Solar wind Orbits and oceans
Determining the seasons Developing thermometers
The tools of meteorology The art and sciences of forecasting
Forecasting models Lightning Sprites, elves, and blue jets
Taming lightning Why we have floods The danger of droughts
Hurricanes Tornadoes Tornado formation Volcanoes and other disasters The Johnstown flood The great Galveston hurricane
The super outbreak Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Floyd
Katrina and SandyStaying safe in the weather
Floods and tornadoes The weather and your health
Temperature and your body Our changing atmosphere
The climate change controversy The causes of global warming
Today's technology.

Weather 101 gives you the basics on weather, from blue skies to hail to dust storms, with information on the science of how weather works, how to predict the weather in your area, how to be ready for natural disasters, and how climate change is affecting weather patterns across the world. -- Provided by publisher.

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