
The Handy Weather Answer Book
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Weather. We all talk about it - some more expertly than others. With The Handy Weather Answer Book, anyone can master this compelling conversation starter, whether it's weather basics, climate change, the science of meteorology, or the history of weather forecasting. You will come to understand hurricanes, tornadoes, global warming, and such fascinating weather-related phenomena as the northern lights and El Niño.
This comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of weather in an accessible question-and-answer format. Relationships between weather and oceanography, geology, and space science are expertly covered, including answers to such questions as ...
- What's the difference between "partly sunny" and "partly cloudy"?
- Can a rainbow appear during the night?
- Could our oceans have originated in space?
- How does Central America affect the climate in England?
- What the heck is bioclimatology?
- Are humans really responsible for climate change?
- Has a hurricane ever struck southern California?
Climate change and weather affect us all, and The Handy Weather Answer Book, with its hard science facts, fascinating trivia, and accessible Q&A dialog, ensures that readers will understand the complexities of our planet's dynamic atmosphere a lot better. This resource is an ideal reference for everyone from students to teachers to amateur meteorologists. With more than 100 color photos and illustrations, this tome is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.
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- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- WEATHER FUNDAMENTALS
- Terms to Know
- Organizations
- Measurements
- Early Weather History
- The Seasons
- THE ATMOSPHERE
- Atmosphere Basics
- Air and Air Pressure
- Layers of the Atmosphere
- The Ozone Layer
- Wind
- Wind Storms
- HEAT AND COLD
- Measuring Temperature
- Heat
- Cold
- CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
- Clouds
- Precipitation
- Humidity
- Ice, Snow, Hail, and Frost
- STORMY WEATHER
- Blizzards and Avalanches
- Hurricanes, Monsoons, and Tropical Storms
- Floods
- Tornadoes
- ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
- Lightning
- Thunder and Thunderstorms
- Rainbows and Other Colorful Phenomena
- GEOGRAPHY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND WEATHER
- Plate Tectonics
- Rain, Ice, and Geography
- Volcanoes
- Oceanography and Weather
- Ocean Currents
- WEATHER IN SPACE
- The Moon
- The Sun
- Sunspots and Solar Activity
- The Magnetic Field
- Van Allen Belts
- Neutrinos
- Cosmic Rays
- Meteors, Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
- HUMANITY AND THE WEATHER
- Humanity's Impact
- General Pollution Facts
- Air Pollution
- Water Pollution
- Radiation
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- Climate Basics
- Ice Ages
- Global Warming
- MODERN METEOROLOGY
- Forecasting
- Radar
- Satellites
- Careers in Meteorology
- INDEX
- Back Cover
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