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Extreme weather : a guide & record book / Christopher C. Burt ; with cartography by Mark Stroud.

By: Contributor(s): New York : W.W. Norton, [c2004]Edition: 1st edDescription: 304 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0393326586 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.5 22
LOC classification:
  • QC983 .B78 2004
Contents:
Heat & drought: Hottest cities & hot spots ; Real heat: the humidity factor ; Historic heat waves of the United States ; Droughts & dust storms ; Global warming. -- Cold: Coldest cities and cold spots ; Historic cold waves of the United States. -- Snow & ice: Snowiest cities in the United States ; Snowy places ; Historic snowstorms in the United States ; Ice storms. -- Rain & floods: Rainiest & driest cities & places ; Extreme rainstorms ; Floods -- Thunderstorms & hail: Stormiest places ; Lightning ; Hailstorms -- Tornadoes: Typical tornadoes ; Historic twisters ; Waterspouts -- Hurricanes: Hurricanes and their intensity ; Historic hurricanes ; Hurricane flooding : the storm surge & rainfalls ; Tropical storms around the world -- Windstorms & fog: Extra-tropical storms ; Great cyclones of Europe ; Extreme winds ; Fog.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QC983 .B78 2004 1 Available 50583010308272
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC983 .B78 2004 2 Available 50583010308280
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library CG QC983 .B78 2004 3 Available 50583010308298
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC983 .B78 2004 4 Available 50583010308959
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.

Heat & drought: Hottest cities & hot spots ; Real heat: the humidity factor ; Historic heat waves of the United States ; Droughts & dust storms ; Global warming. -- Cold: Coldest cities and cold spots ; Historic cold waves of the United States. -- Snow & ice: Snowiest cities in the United States ; Snowy places ; Historic snowstorms in the United States ; Ice storms. -- Rain & floods: Rainiest & driest cities & places ; Extreme rainstorms ; Floods -- Thunderstorms & hail: Stormiest places ; Lightning ; Hailstorms -- Tornadoes: Typical tornadoes ; Historic twisters ; Waterspouts -- Hurricanes: Hurricanes and their intensity ; Historic hurricanes ; Hurricane flooding : the storm surge & rainfalls ; Tropical storms around the world -- Windstorms & fog: Extra-tropical storms ; Great cyclones of Europe ; Extreme winds ; Fog.

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