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Understanding Weather
Karel Hughes
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Description for Understanding Weather
Paperback. Weather provides a wide variety of stimuli for our senses. The sound of thunder and gales, the smell of damp soil at the start of a summer thunderstorm are but temporary phenomena while the visual panorama of the changing sky that provides a more revealing insight into the workings of the dynamic atmosphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Weather provides a wide variety of stimuli for our senses. The sound of thunder and gales, the smell of damp soil at the start of a summer thunderstorm are but temporary phenomena while the visual panorama of the changing sky that provides a more revealing insight into the workings of the dynamic atmosphere. Understanding Weather shows how it is possible to understand weather and climate by combining our ability to observe weather systems from the earth's surface with visualisation from above - notably by means of satellite imagery. This fusion of human ... Read more
Weather provides a wide variety of stimuli for our senses. The sound of thunder and gales, the smell of damp soil at the start of a summer thunderstorm are but temporary phenomena while the visual panorama of the changing sky that provides a more revealing insight into the workings of the dynamic atmosphere. Understanding Weather shows how it is possible to understand weather and climate by combining our ability to observe weather systems from the earth's surface with visualisation from above - notably by means of satellite imagery. This fusion of human ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
365 g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340806111
SKU
V9780340806111
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Karel Hughes
Julian Mayes and Karel Hughes are both Senior Lecturers in the Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, UK.
Reviews for Understanding Weather
The use of satellite imagery to support the text is very good. Overall it is a very accessible text that I'm sure students will have no problem getting to grips with. C. Holt, University College Northampton It adopts a slightly different approach to the subject, which I found refreshing. Sevenoaks Chronicle