The AMS weather book : the ultimate guide to America's weather / Jack Williams.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009Description: xi, 316 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226898988 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226898989 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 551.5 22
- QC981.2 .W55 2009
- ASLI Choice Award
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | QC981.2 .W55 2009 | 1 | Available | 50583010334955 | ||
BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | QC981.2 .W55 2009 | 2 | Available | 50583010338626 |
"Copublished with the American Meteorological Society."
Includes index.
Introduction -- Earth's energy -- Winds and currents -- Water -- Global patterns -- Earth observers -- Weather forecasting -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- Mesoscale weather -- Tropical cyclones -- Under the radar -- Weather and climate threats.
Discusses the variety of weather patterns found in America, introduces the science behind meteorology, and answers common weather questions.
ASLI Choice Award