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" Authors of the storm : "
Gary Alan Fine.
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BL
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950694
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b705064
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| Main Entry
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Fine, Gary Alan.
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| Title & Author
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Authors of the storm : : meteorologists and the culture of prediction /\ Gary Alan Fine.
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| Edition Statement
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Pbk. ed.
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Chicago, Ill. :: University of Chicago Press ;Bristol :: University Presses Marketing [distributor],, 2010.
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xii, 294 pages ;; 23 cm
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0226249530
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: 9780226249537
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| Contents
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On the floor -- A cult of science -- Futurework -- Writing on the winds -- Ground truth -- A public science -- Weather wise.
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| Abstract
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This volume offers an inside look at how meteorologists and forecasters predict the weather. Based on field observation and interviews, the author describes a hard-working, insular clique of professionals who often refer to themselves as a "band of brothers." Readers learn their lingo, how they "read" weather conditions, how forecasts are written, and how those messages are conveyed to the public. Weather forecasts, the author maintains, are often shaped as much by social and cultural factors inside local offices as they are by approaching cumulus clouds.
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Meteorologists-- Psychology.
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Meteorology-- Social aspects.
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Weather forecasting-- Methodology.
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Meteorology-- Social aspects.
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Weather forecasting-- Methodology.
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551.63
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QC869.5.F56 2010
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