An edition of Weather 101
(2017)
Weather 101
from Doppler radar and long-range forecasts to the polar vortex and climate change, everything you need to know about the study of weather
First Adams Media hardcover edition.
by Kathleen Sears
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Weather 101 gives you the basics on weather, from blue skies to hail to dust storms, with information on the science of how weather works, how to predict the weather in your area, how to be ready for natural disasters, and how climate change is affecting weather patterns across the world. --
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Weather 101: from Doppler radar and long-range forecasts to the polar vortex and climate change, everything you need to know about the study of weather
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Weather 101: from Doppler radar and long-range forecasts to the polar vortex and climate change, everything you need to know about the study of weather
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Table of Contents
Why do we have weather?
Weather and civilization
Learning to predict the weather
Weather and wars
World war II
HAARP
The Doppler radar
Weather and climate
What's the atmosphere?
The water cycle
The three levels of clouds
How to build a cloud
Hail and snow
The polar vortex
Sleet or freezing rain?
High pressure and low pressure
The jet stream
What's a front?
Creating an air mass
Oceans and weather
El Niño
Solar wind
Orbits and oceans
Determining the seasons
Developing thermometers
The tools of meteorology
The art and sciences of forecasting
Forecasting models
Lightning
Sprites, elves, and blue jets
Taming lightning
Why we have floods
The danger of droughts
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Tornado formation
Volcanoes and other disasters
The Johnstown flood
The great Galveston hurricane
The super outbreak
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Floyd
Katrina and Sandy
Staying safe in the weather
Floods and tornadoes
The weather and your health
Temperature and your body
Our changing atmosphere
The climate change controversy
The causes of global warming
Today's technology.
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