Collins Gem – Weather - Softcover

Dunlop, Storm

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ISBN 10: 0004722728 ISBN 13: 9780004722726

Publisher: Collins, 1999

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A compact and comprehensive introduction to observing and predicting the weather.

This Collins Gem is being reissued in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design will enliven this and 70 other bestselling Gems.

The weather is always with us and, even in this modern age, affects nearly everything that we do. Yet we can all too easily feel that it is too complex to understand. Collins Gem Weather provides an introduction to the weather and a guide to what is happening in the sky.

Collins Gem Weather is divided into the following sections each highly illustrated with photographs:

Cloud types

Optical phenomena

Precipitation

Wind

Weather patterns, shadows and crepuscular rays, and reading satellite images are all included, as are a section on weather records and a glossary of meteorological terms.

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Synopsis:

The weather is always with us and, even in this modern age, affects nearly everything that we do. Yet we can all too easily feel that it is too complex to understand. This volume provides an introduction to the weather and a guide to what is happening in the sky. The book is divided into the following sections: cloud types; optical phenomena; precipitation; and wind. Weather patterns, shadows and crepuscular rays, and reading satellite images are all included, as are a section on weather records and a glossary of meteorological terms.

About the Author:

Storm Dunlop is author of How to Identify the Night Sky, Wild Guide Night Sky, Wild Guide Weather and How to ID Weather. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society, he also teaches adult education classes, and gives lectures and talks.

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