Making sense of weather and climate : the science behind the forecasts /
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Columbia University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | [xi], 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-279) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780231174923 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 0231174926 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9780231542869 (e-book) 0231542860 (e-book) |
Index Number: | QC995 |
CLC: |
P46 P45 |
Call Number: | P45/D412 |
Contents: | Feeling the heat -- Under the heavens and the seas -- The air we breathe -- Dynamic planet -- Oceans of data -- Statistically speaking -- A condensed account of clouds, rain, and snow -- Weather mechanisms -- Weather extremes, the new normal -- The world of weather forecasting. |