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Taken by Storm, 1938 A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane
ISBN: PB: 9781944970246, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2018
384 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 3 maps, 30 halftones
On September 21, 1938, one of the most powerful storms of the twentieth century came unannounced into the lives of New Yorkers and New Englanders, leaving utter devastation in its wake. The Great Hurricane, as it came to be known, changed everything,...
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£22,50
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Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation Measurement and Modeling Challenges
ISBN: HB: 9781944970260, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2018
320 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm
Background and Overview Chapter 1. Overview of Ice Nucleating Particles – Zamin A. Kanji, Luis A. Ladino, Heike Wex, Yvonne Boose, Monika Burkert-Kohn, Daniel J. Cziczo, and Martina Krنmer Chapter 2. Cirrus Clouds – Andrew J. Heymsfield, Martina Krنm...
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£75,00
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Verner Suomi The Life and Work of the Founder of Satellite Meteorology
ISBN: PB: 9781944970222, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2018
168 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 halftones, 30 line drawings
As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educat...
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£23,00
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Climate in the Age of Empire Weather Observers in Colonial Canada
ISBN: PB: 9781944970208, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 colour plates, 16 halftones
Though efforts to understand human-caused climate change have intensified in recent decades, weather observers have been paying close attention to changes in climate for centuries. This book offers a close look at that work as it was practiced in Can...
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£27,00
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Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology: Lab Manual Dynamics, Analysis, and Forecasting
ISBN: PB + CD: 9781878220264, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, August 2017
144 pp., 24.2x18.6 cm, 20 line drawings
The past decade has been characterized by remarkable advances in meteorological observation, computing techniques, and data-visualization technology. However, the benefit of these advances can only be fully realized with the introduction of a systema...
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£64,00
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Weather in the Courtroom Memoirs from a Career in Forensic Meteorology
ISBN: PB: 9781940033952, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2017
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 12 line drawings, 12 maps
As director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in the late 1960s and early '70s, William H. Haggard witnessed an explosion in the number of requests from attorneys needing weather data for their cas...
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£22,50
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Hurricane Pioneer Memoirs of Bob Simpson
ISBN: PB: 9781935704751, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2015
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones
In 1951, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially-equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running for cover. For more than four hours he observed Typhoon Marge from its eerily calm eye, later describing...
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£19,00
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Observer's Guide to Clouds and Weather A Northeastern Primer on Prediction
ISBN: PB: 9781935704584, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2015
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings
Today, most people look down when they want to check the weather, peeking at cell phones or popping open a browser, instead of looking up at one of the most accessible weather predictors of all the sky. Knowing what the atmosphere has in store withou...
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£22,50
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Climate Conundrums What the Climate Debate Reveals About Us
ISBN: PB: 9781935704744, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, October 2014
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 line drawings
It is generally assumed that, in polite company, you don't talk politics, religion, or money. But in recent years, it seems "climate change"‌ needs to be added to that list. Incorporating all of the above, few topics can divide a dinner party faster....
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£22,50
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Father Benito Vines The 19th-Century Life and Contributions of a Cuban Hurricane Observer and Scientist
ISBN: PB: 9781935704621, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, May 2014
160 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings, 5 maps
Before Doppler radar and broadcast weather reports, Spanish-born Benito Vines (1837-1893) spent decades observing the skies at Belen Observatory in colonial Cuba, routinely issuing weather reports and forecasts to local newspapers. And before storm t...
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£15,00
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