Weather and Climate: An Illustrated Guide to Science (Science Visual Resources)
Chelsea Home Publications | 2006-08-30 | ISBN: 0816061696 | 208 pages | File kind: PDF | 16 mb
quot;Weather and Climate: An Illustrated Guide to Sciencequot; is of eight volumes in quot;Facts On File¡¯squot; new quot;Science Visual Resourcesquot; set. Containing nine sections, a comprehensive glossary, a Internet website guide, and an index, quot;Weather and Climatequot; is an perfect learning tool for students and teachers of science. Full-colour diagrams, graphs, charts, and maps on each page illustrate the important elements of the subject, although parallel text offers key definitions and step-by-step explanations. The nine sections consist of: quot;The Atmospheric Enginequot; ¨C outlines the overall structure of Earth¡¯s atmosphere, its composition, and also the global processes that drive its patterns of circulation; quot;Components of Weatherquot; ¨C looks in detail at all of the main weather phenomena, from winds to fog, rain to snow; quot;Weather Systemsquot; ¨C offers an overview of the formation, movement, and interaction of big air masses and shows how these decide the local weather; quot;Extremes of Weatherquot; ¨C looks at the range of weather phenomena across the globe, giving examples of the regions that experience extremes. Simultaneously energetic and destructive weather phenomena like tornadoes and hurricanes are also covered in this section; quot;Meteorologyquot; ¨C concerns the science of observing, recording, and predicting weather and climate; quot;Climate and Seasonsquot; ¨C offers an overview of the main climate kinds and describes the important elements that decide climate at a specific location. quot;World Climate Dataquot; ¨C gives the average monthly temperatures, rainfall, and sunshine data of 83 representative cities around the world, although quot;U.S. Climate Dataquot; ¨C gives the average monthly temperatures, wind speed, precipitation, and sunshine data of 35 U.S. cities, and, quot;Human Impact on Climatequot; ¨C examines the evidence for the claims that human activity is changing Earth¡¯s climate. It also outlines the likely outcome of such changes. ![]()
Chelsea Home Publications | 2006-08-30 | ISBN: 0816061696 | 208 pages | File kind: PDF | 16 mb
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