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, Kathleen Sears

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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, Kathleen Sears

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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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Kathleen Sears

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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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• New York, Adams Media, 2017

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Includes index

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text

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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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ocn975365693

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19 cm

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256 pages

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9781507204634

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2017027599

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illustrations (some color)

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u1180708

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(OCoLC)975365693