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" Visualizing weather and climate / "
Bruce T. Anderson, Alan Strahler
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BL
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629234
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| Main Entry
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Anderson, Bruce T.,1971-
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Visualizing weather and climate /\ Bruce T. Anderson, Alan Strahler
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: Wiley in collaboration with the National Geographic Society,, c2008
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xxvi, 500 p. :: col. ill., col. maps ;; 28 cm
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9780470147757 (pbk.)
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: 047014775X (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Introducing weather and climate -- The Earth's atmosphere -- The Earth's global energy balance -- Surface temperature and its variation -- Atmospheric moisture -- Winds -- Global atmospheric and oceanic circulation -- Midlatitude weather systems -- Tropical weather systems -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- The global scope of climate -- Climates of the world -- Climate variability -- Human interaction with weather and climate -- Weather forecasting and numerical modeling -- Human-induced climate change and climate forecasting
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Weather
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Climatology
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551.6
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QC981.A56 2008
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QC981.A56 2008
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Strahler, Alan H
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National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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