Weather Books
October 10, 2008
Understanding Weather and Climate - Updated Information
The fourth edition of Understanding Weather and Climate has been thoroughly updated throughout. Every part of the text has been examined and updated to ensure currency and clarity.Integrating the classic textbook model with emerging areas of instructional technology, this book focuses on explaining, rather than describing, the processes that produce Earth's weather and climate. The authors encourage a non-mathematical understanding of physical principles as a vehicle for learning about atmospheric processes.
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October 8, 2008
Yesterday's Weather - Perfect Weather Reading
This book isn't meteorology focused, but we think you'll find this book about the crazy changing times in modern Ireland very interesting. We really liked this book and think you will too, especially the shear variety of "weather" like tales, and how they effect peoples lives.
Winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, Anne Enright's novel The Gathering went on to become a national best seller acclaimed for its electrifying prose and haunting emotional resonance. Now, in Yesterday's Weather, Enright presents a series of deeply moving glimpses into a rapidly changing Ireland: a land of family and tradition, but also, increasingly, of organic radicchio, cruise-ship vacations, and casual betrayals. An artisan farmer seethes at the patronage of a former Catholic-school classmate, now a successful restaurateur; a bride cuckolds her rich husband with an old college friend--a madman who won't take his pills, disappears for weeks at a time, and plays the piano like a dream. Still more startling than loss or deception are the ways in which people respond to them: a wife eaten up by rage at her husband's infidelity must weigh the real stakes after his affair takes a tragic turn; confronted with a similar situation, a woman decides to cheat with, rather than against, her man. Sharp, tender, never predictable, the sum of these stories is a rich tapestry of people struggling to find contentment with one another--and with themselves.
At Yesterday's Weather: Stories
August 22, 2008
How to: Avoid Doomsday and Prepare for Earth Changes, Power Outages, Wars & Other Threats
That's right - there doesn't have to be a doomsday on the horizon if you know how to prepare. This book is the definitive text on preparing for any disaster, be it man made of natural. No Such Thing as Doomsday covers water, food, heating, lighting, communications, power generation, fuel storage, emergency medical, underground shelters, nuclear threats, biological threats, disaster psychology, successfully working with groups, air filtration, radiological monitoring, E.M.P. protection, resource directory and much, much more. This is a big book; 8 1/2" X 11" and has 356 pictures, charts and illustrations. This is not a research book but a how to book based on experience. Our motto is some people worry others prepare.
At No Such Thing As Doomsday : How to Prepare for Earth Changes, Power Outages, Wars & Other Threats
August 20, 2008
How to: Protect Yourself from a Hurricane
Be prepared - that's our motto. And who else is better to help you do it than Bob Arnot. That's right - Bob Arnot from TV fame has an entire book and dvid set on how to protect you and your family from fires. floods. blizzards, hurricanes, and other natural disasters.
Dr. Bob Arnot, America's most trusted medical correspondent, and Mark Cohen, present Your Survival, a practical handbook that makes planning for a disaster so simple, easy, and inexpensive that there's no longer an excuse to put it off. Complete with checklists to help you stock an emergency food closet, vet your insurance policy, improve the chances your S.O.S. calls and emails will get through when no one else's can, and protect your home and your family against earthquakes, tornadoes, mudslides, terrorist attacks, bird flu, or any other crisis you might face.
In addition, the book includes:
- A 90-minute DVD including storm footage and interviews with the nations foremost disaster experts
- Gripping tales from survivors who know first-hand the most common mistakes people make
- Additional resources online at www.yoursurvival.com such as signups for weather alerts, interactive checklists, and a virtual meeting place to find your loved ones after a disaster
At Your Survival: Protect Your Family and Your Home from Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Wildfires, Earthquakes and other Natural and Man-Made Disasters
August 15, 2008
Twisters and Other Terrible Storms - Perfect for Kids
This weather book is perfect for weather obsessed kids. What causes the earth’s weather? How do twisters form? What are the deadliest storms on earth? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms, Jack and Annie’s guide to nature’s wildest weather. Includes photographs, definitions, an index, information on twisters, hurricanes, blizzards, forecasting the weather, storm chasers, and much more!
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May 29, 2008
The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction: Richardson's Dream
Lewis Fry Richardson dreamt that scientific weather prediction would one day become a practical reality. Before his ideas could bear fruit several advances were needed: better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere; stable computational algorithms to integrate the equations; regular observations of the free atmosphere; and powerful automatic computer equipment.
By 1950 advances in all these fronts were sufficient to permit the first computer forecast to be made. Over the ensuing fifty years progress in numerical weather prediction has been dramatic. Weather prediction and climate modelling have now reached a high level of sophistication.
This book tells the story of Richardson's trial forecast, and the fulfilment of his dream of practical numerical weather forecasting. It includes a complete reconstruction of Richardson's forecast, and analyses in detail the causes of his failure. This will appeal to everyone involved in numerical weather forecasting, from researchers and graduate students to professionals.
At The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction: Richardson's Dream
May 28, 2008
The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book - Predict Weather by Reading the Clouds
We've always wanted to be able to predict the weather with some accuracy by looking at the clouds. This book will teach you a simple method to do just that. Here's how it works:
- Figure out which way the wind is blowing.
- Look at the clouds overhead.
- Match the clouds you see with one of the full-color cloud photographs in "The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book," and the caption beneath the photograph will tell you what kind of weather to expect.
With amazing accuracy, this simple system can account for swiftly changing local weather developments more effectively than weather maps or official area forecasts, which are issued well in advance of weather conditions.
At The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book - Predict Weather by Reading the Clouds
May 13, 2008
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
We remember this book on food weather from our library when we were just a wee weather kid. If you can't enjoy a storm of meatballs - what can you enjoy? Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
At Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
April 23, 2008
The Weather Identification Handbook: The Ultimate Guide for Weather Watchers
We always like books that help us identify more types of weather and give us the details on how to tell what's really happening with the weather. This book helps you answer questions like: What does it mean when there is a corona around the moon? How do you tell the difference between stratocumulus and nimbostratus clouds? The Weather Identification Guide is an essential guide to the many different types of weather phenomena that may be observed, and also gives brief details of the weather that may be expected.
You'll learn about:
- Cloud classification
- How to identify different cloud types and how they relate to forthcoming weather
- How clouds are formed
- Optical phenomena
- Precipitation
- Wind
- Severe weather
- Weather systems
- Satellite images and weather maps
It is also perfect for any parent whose child asks the proverbial question, "Why is the sky blue?"
At The Weather Identification Handbook: The Ultimate Guide for Weather Watchers
April 16, 2008
How to Predict and Prepare for Garden Success in Any Kind of Weather
Gardeners put up with it, complain about it, and even delight in it, but, asks author Sally Roth in The Gardener's Weather Bible, do we truly work with weather to make the most of whatever the day brings? No matter if the skies are glorious or gloomy, Roth educates gardeners to become more attuned to weather's dramatic impact on how our gardens grow. A spiffy distant relative of the Old Farmer's Almanac, The Gardener's Weather Bible is part weather primer, with information on air masses, storm forecasting, as well as the ever-elusive question of why the sky is blue, and part general garden guide.
At The Gardener's Weather Bible: How to Predict and Prepare for Garden Success in Any Kind of Weather
April 15, 2008
The Enigma of Sunspots: A Story of Space Weather
Space weather effects us in all kinds of ways. Sunspots, the strange and elusive dark shapes that periodically sweep across the Sun’s surface, have mystified people for centuries, and also effected our lives in countless ways. Given their elusive cyclical nature and the fact that it is both painful and dangerous to observe the Sun directly, it is little wonder that records of sunspots were almost nonexistent in Europe before the seventeenth century. Today such solar emissions are thought to coincide with major effects in global weather patterns. It may be that this powerful phenomena holds a key to our understanding of the nature of the Sun.
At The Enigma of Sunspots: A Story of Discovery and Scientific Revolution
April 14, 2008
Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology
With Spring upon us, perhaps we need to get a book that can provide us with all the insights we need for cloud formation, and the types of precipitation clouds can bring us. We found this well reviewed book - Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology. An expert and fascinating look at the subject of atmospheric phenomena. Ice crystals and the formation of rain and snow receive a detailed examination, as do the properties of hail. Also includes a review of the techniques for cloud modifications, and a look at the artificial stimulation of rainfall.
At Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology
April 10, 2008
A Gardener's Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather in the Spring and Fall Seasons
Each year, as you prepare your garden, you know that sooner or later—in the spring or in the fall or in both—Jack Frost will pay you a visit. Knowing that, what can you do at the start of the gardening season to prepare for those frosty nights? In this book, all aspects of frost are explained to help gardeners start their planting earlier in the spring and extend their growing season later in the fall. You’ll learn what weather systems produce frost, how it damages, or enhances, the flavor of your plants, how to read your garden’s microclimate, and how to design your garden so you can work with frost, instead of against it. The informative text is paired with beautiful full-color photos of useful frost protection techniques and wonderful gardens in their full frosty splendor.
At A Gardener's Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather and Extend the Spring and Fall Seasons
April 9, 2008
Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers
With the recent events in Atlanta, we've been trying to do some research on tornados and just what they mean for the US moving forward as a whole. The destructive power of the tornado has always been a source of fear and fascination, and never more so than now, when climate change and extreme weather conditions are constantly in the news.
Across the central United States, the infamous storms of Tornado Alley are fueled by the collision of cold fronts from Canada and warm fronts from the Gulf of Mexico. People have been chasing these storms for decades in pursuit of thrilling experiences, but now a new generation of storm chasers is combining scientific knowledge with powerful images. This book follows Mike Hollingshead and Eric Nguyen on seventeen chases through Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, illustrating the unfolding events with sequential shots and a running commentary by the chasers themselves.
At Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers
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