| A Dictionary of Weather Contributor(s): Dunlop, Storm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199541442 ISBN-13: 9780199541447 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Weather - Nature | Reference |
| Dewey: 551.603 |
| LCCN: 2009016070 |
| Series: Oxford Paperback Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.1" W x 7.62" (0.55 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is an authoritative new edition of A Dictionary of Weather containing almost 2000 definitions of weather, forecasting, and climate terms with clear explanations and illustrative examples. This fully updated edition includes 300 new and revised entries, such as A-Train Pineapple Express and Watermelon Snow, and added feature entries highlighting actual occurrences of extreme weather including the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. With black and white photos and satellite images to show weather systems, as well as recommended websites for further reading, this reference work is the most comprehensive of its kind. Find out where and when the world's largest hailstone fell or where the highest temperature was recorded using the list of weather records, and check climate data for different weather types from around the world. Key terms from the related fields of oceanography, hydrology, and climatology are also covered as well as biographical information on important people in the development of meteorology. An essential reference for meteorology and geography students, at school or university, as well as amateur meteorologists, general readers, and all those obsessed with the weather. |