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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet. The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of the most expansive machines human beings have ever constructed -- a triumph of science,...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"-- $c Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes weather forecasting, including how different phenomena develop, how geography produces local weather patterns, and ways to make a forecast at home.
7) Forecasting!
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
12) Poco Loco
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet Poco Loco. He's a very unusual ratón. He likes to invent wacky things. When Poco Loco's Waffle Iron-Weather Forecaster predicts mal tiempo, Poco Loco runs to tell his barnyard friends. But it's still sunny out, and the other animals don't believe him. Then a roar of wind whips through their picnic, and Poco Loco and his friends fly up, up, and away. But never fear! Poco Loco will use his wits (and one crazy invention) to save the day!"--Page...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
From one of America's foremost experts on weather and climate change and a senior research scientist with Climate Central, comes this work, a book that predicts what different parts of the world will look like in the year 2050 if current levels of carbon emissions are maintained.
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. It Snows offers answers to their most compelling questions about winter weather. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words"--Provided by publisher.
16) Turbulence
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The D-day landings—the fate of 2.5 million men, three thousand landing craft and the entire future of Europe depend on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing on an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? And what is the relationship between predictability and turbulence, one of the last great mysteries...
17) Forecast
Author
Series
Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Pub. Date
[1977]
Physical Desc
63 pages : part color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Porcupine has to prove that she can handle the job as weather reporter for the Claws and Paws newspaper.
18) Weather wise
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells how to predict the weather using traditional expressions, such as "Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning" means there will soon be rain.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Examines what is known about weather--storms, predictions, climate, and other characteristics--and how different the facts are from what scientists, from ancient Sumerians to the recent past, believed to be true."--
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