Would you like to be able to predict the weather? Do you want to know how climate change is affecting the weather? Would you like to fully understand the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day? Teach Yourself Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes weather on a global, national and local scale but that you can also fully interpret the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day and are able to make your own predictions. Packed full of case studies, this book will explain both the weather we experience daily (winds, cold fronts, rain and shine) and the extreme weather that makes the headlines all too often (El Nino, Hurricane Katrina, floods). It will also focus on climate change and its effect on the weather - how is our weather going to change in the future? Whether your job or leisure pursuits rely on the weather, or you just want to understand more about it, Teach Yourself Weather is a jargon-free and fascinating guide.
Would you like to be able to predict the weather? Do you want to know how climate change is affecting the weather? Would you like to fully understand the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day? Teach Yourself Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes weather on a global, national and local scale but that you can also fully interpret the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day and are able to make your own predictions. Packed full of case studies, this book will explain both the weather we experience daily (winds, cold fronts, rain and shine) and the extreme weather that makes the headlines all too often (El Nino, Hurricane Katrina, floods). It will also focus on climate change and its effect on the weather - how is our weather going to change in the future? Whether your job or leisure pursuits rely on the weather, or you just want to understand more about it, Teach Yourself Weather is a jargon-free and fascinating guide.
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Just a ton of compelling, accessible stuff about the Southern Oscillation, easterly trade winds, tornados and the rather brilliant business of 'bogussing'-you need to read it to know what I mean. -- Families South East 20090101
Just a ton of compelling, accessible stuff about the Southern Oscillation, easterly trade winds, tornados and the rather brilliant business of 'bogussing'-you need to read it to know what I mean. -- Families South East 20090101
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Peter Inness is a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. Prior to this, Peter was an Instructor at the Met Office College and a Research Scientist at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research and Prediction.
Peter Inness is a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. Prior to this, Peter was an Instructor at the Met Office College and a Research Scientist at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research and Prediction.
