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Extreme Weather and Climate.

By: Contributor(s): Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2009Edition: 1st editionDescription: xvii, 508 p. ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780495118572
  • 0495118575
Other title:
  • Extreme weather & climate
Subject(s):
Contents:
The turbulent atmosphere -- Energy that drives the storms -- Temperature and humidity extremes -- Condensation in the atmosphere -- Clouds and stability -- Precipitation extremes -- Atmospheric motions -- Wind systems -- Air masses and fronts -- Mid-latitude cyclonic storms -- Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Weather forecasting -- The earth's changing climate.
Summary: Interested in tornadoes, floods, severe thunderstorms, and hurricanes? FUNDAMENTALS OF EXTREME WEATHER explains how, when, and why dramatic weather events occur, what the devastating human impacts can be, and what meteorologists can do to predict and prevent them.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC981.8 .C53 .A3 2011 1 Available 50583010334591
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

The turbulent atmosphere -- Energy that drives the storms -- Temperature and humidity extremes -- Condensation in the atmosphere -- Clouds and stability -- Precipitation extremes -- Atmospheric motions -- Wind systems -- Air masses and fronts -- Mid-latitude cyclonic storms -- Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Weather forecasting -- The earth's changing climate.

Interested in tornadoes, floods, severe thunderstorms, and hurricanes? FUNDAMENTALS OF EXTREME WEATHER explains how, when, and why dramatic weather events occur, what the devastating human impacts can be, and what meteorologists can do to predict and prevent them.

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