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Book, Atmosphere (Peterson Field Guide)
WW60030M00
 $28.70 




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Vincent J. Schaefer & John A. Day
The atmosphere is that dynamic sea of air that bathes all living things. We see its ever-changing cloud forms, its kaleidoscopic sky coloration, its evanescent rainbows, mists and fogs. We feel its winds, its rains, and its snows; its heat and its cold. Yet how many of us can interpret its moods and patterns, understand clearly what they mean, or make weather predictions based on them?
This field guide was written to help the curious amateur understand the unique events taking place in the lower depths of this atmospheric "sea". 358 photographs including 32 in color, and more than 45 line drawings depict every type of atmosphere phenomenon imaginable: Hurricane Ava over the eastern Pacific, boiling masses of convective cumulus, sunstreaks and many other astonishing images.
Chapters examine The Global Atmosphere, Atmospheric Motion, Severe Storms, and Weather Modification. A lengthy chapter is devoted to simple experiments: The Preparation of Snow Crystal Replicas, Bubbles for Atmospheric Studies, The Detection of Submicroscopic Particles and others. Insightful appendixes offer Types of Frozen Precipitation, International Weather and Cloud Symbols, Record Highs and Lows in the U.S. (though 1976) and more. Glossary, bibliography, index.
359 pp., softcover.

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