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Title:
Weather : a very short introduction / Storm Dunlop.
Author:
Dunlop, Storm, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2017.

©2017
Call Number:
QC981 .D85 2017
Abstract:
"In this Very Short Introduction Storm Dunlop explains what weather is, what causes it, and how we measure it. Analysing the basic features of the atmosphere, its major wind systems and ocean currents, he shows how these drive the weather we experience."--Book cover.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199571314
Series:
Very short introductions ; 506

Very short introductions ; 506.
Physical Description:
xvii, 158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 17 cm.
Contents:
The atmosphere -- The circulation of the atmosphere -- Global weather systems -- Water in the atmosphere -- Weather systems -- Weather in the tropics -- Severe and unusual weather events -- Localized weather -- Worldwide effects and forecasting -- Appendices : A. The Beaufort scale of wind speeds ; B. The major cloud types (genera) ; C. Tornado and hurricane intensity scales.
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