Product Description: PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION When, in 1967, the Meteorological glossary came under consideration for reprinting, it was decided to ask Dr McIntosh to undertake a revised edition, with cooperation from within the Meteorological Office...read more

Her broom closet hiding place allows a Mexican cleaning woman to overhear the events preceding the suicide of a wealthy American matron

A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, landscape painter, weather forecaster, and authority on early American history, Sloane takes readers with him on a voyage of discovery as he traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. A vivid narrative and the author's own pen-and-ink sketches describe the progress of the air mass over America, and tell about its encounters with other elements of weather systems and with Americans from a variety of backgrounds.

Product Description: An advanced, updated, and self-contained treatment. Includes the fundamental system of equations governing large-scale atmospheric motions, coordinate systems, atmospheric wave motions, energetics, hyperbolic and elliptic equations, moisture modeling, solar and terrestrial radiation modeling, seasonal and climate prediction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

What causes the aurora? What are the trade winds? Why are good and bad weather associated with highs and lows respectively? What is a high; a low?Anyone puzzled by weather people flaunting stationary fronts, rising barometers, and 100% humidity without rain, will find enlightenment and more in this compact encyclopedia of weather. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, it is by no means a simple quiz book or dry academic text; the format permits logical thought progression from basic to complex, always isolating, highlighting, and clarifying the crucial points. Answers rarely confine themselves to a single sentence — most receive full paragraphs, supported by diagrams, full-page illustrations and a section of 34 black-and-white photographs. The book begins where the weather does, with the sun, and proceeds to the atmosphere, wind and storm, climatology, medical meteorology, weather lore, historical weather studies, how to be weather wise. Readers will discover why two people can never see the same rainbow; the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded; the meteorological downfalls of Alexander the Great, Cambyses, the Spanish Armada and Napoleon; whether lightning strikes twice in one place; the forecasting validity of Groundhog Day; and how air temperature can be accurately measured by a cricket's chirp.This corrected edition includes a new Preface by the author (former Information Officer, U.S. Geological Survey) on recent developments in meteorology. Students and readers with minimal science background will find the exposition immediately comprehensive and the answers as fascinating as the weather is variable.

Product Description: The effect of climate on historical change represents an exciting frontier for reading and research. In this volume scholars contribute to an area of interdisciplinary study which has not been systematically explored by climatologists and historians working together...read more

Liavek, the City of Luck on the Cat River, a cosmopolitan capital of art, intrigue, adventure, and magic, is the focus of this collection of tales by Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, Steven Brust, and other renowned fantasy writers

Answers questions about Franklin's experiment, lightning rods, safety considerations, property damage, ball lightning, thunder, and thunderstorms

Product Description: Looks at the most important processes linking climate and vegetation in the tropics in general and in the Amazon in particular. Through individual reviews by some of the world's leading scientists, it covers such subjects as modeling tropical meteorology and climate, tropical microclimatology, connections of vegetation to climate, and impacts of tropical deforestation on regional and global climate...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Providing an introduction to the art form of Origami, this book includes a history of this art form, from its origins in the twelfth century. It provides information on the essentials of origami, followed by diagrams with instructions that show how to create a range of models. (view table of contents)

Product Description: One of the most widely-adopted sources for current and authoritative information for international textile and apparel economics. As the softgoods industry (textiles, apparel, and retailing) approaches the millennium, globalization is dramatically changing the way business is conducted; this valuable book prepares the reader to understand and to deal with those changes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is an exploration of aspects of weather and meteorology, from the beliefs of the ancient Greeks to today's sophisticated techniques.

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Product Description: In Forecasts for Flying the author sketches the history of the Meteorological Service of Canada in the two decades following the Great War.

With profiles of some 250 of the most-toured colleges in the country, this unique reference book includes maps, directions, lodging information, advice on arranging appointments with faculty, and much more. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Filled with facts and figures about various vehicles, loan payment charts, toll-free numbers for automobile manufacturers, and much more, a comprehensive guide promises to train readers to become expert car buyers in five easy lessons. Original.

Product Description: A fascinating look at weather, including a wealth of unusual proverbial and naturalist lore. Makes the vagaries of the weather comprehensible, from the point of view of naturalists, and both modern and ancient meteorologists. Describes several ""natural barometers,"" and explains the basis of some old-time weather lore...read more