Weather and climate Books

Lehrbuch Der Meteorologie Für Studierende Und Zum Gebrauche in Der Praxis by Wilhelm Jacob Van Bebber, originally published in 1890, is a comprehensive textbook on meteorology intended for students and practical use. This historical text delves into the...

 Imagine:  you're blindsided on a dark highway by a half-mile-wide tornado.  Or worse:  you're aboard a commercial jetliner brought to the ground by a powerful thunderstorm-the deadliest plane crash in Texas history.    ...

Barometers and hygrometers are important weather instruments that meteorologists use to gather and analyze data. This book will not only show what these two instruments look like, but it will also explain what they measure. Expect to read about humidity...

Meteorologists do a very important job, and this book will give you an inside look of what they do. Here, you will learn to read weather maps. You will read about pressure systems, fonts, and other features of weather maps and charts. You will also learn...

This book is a history of severe weather in the snowbelt regions to the lee of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in New York State from 1798 to 2022. It contains the history of weather observation in the region and the chronology and analysis of major weather...

Climate change is one of the greatest threats that humankind faces in the twenty-first century. But while government and industry fail to act, this book argues, we could all work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%, the level necessary to halt the...

Written by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Rapporteur of Weather and Climate Extremes, this book addresses the reality of extreme weather-how does it occur; how do we measure it; and what does it mean for our future.

The barometer remains the most important tool for evaluating and predicting the weather. This book explains why knowing accurate values of the atmospheric pressure can improve this process and benefit all applications. Ways to evaluate and calibrate...

"Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise" - Benjamin Franklin Wouldn't you rather be weather-wise? Inside this comprehensive and highly detailed book, you will find the enlightening explanations and descriptions of southern Appalachian...

Disputatio Physica Inauguralis De Calore Telluris Infra Superficiem Augescente (1836) est opus Agnitii Vrolik, physici et naturalis historiae professoris, quod tractat de calore terrae sub superficie crescente. In hoc libro, auctor argumenta exponit et...

Being inspired by Jim Harrison and living in the southwest my whole life, I read a line about "a river never singing the same song twice." It immediately started the wheels turning about all the arroyos and dried up riverbeds I had grown up near. I have...

George J. McCormack, (1887-1974) had a life-long interest in astrology and the weather. Inspired by the astrometeorological work of A.J. Pearce (1840-1923), McCormack meticulously tracked and recorded the weather, from before World War I, until his...

Weather forecasting and climate behavioral analysis have traditionally been done using complicated physics models and accompanying atmospheric variables. However, the traditional approaches lack common tools, which can lead to incomplete information...

On Symmetry And Homology In Limbs is a scientific book written by Jeffries Wyman and published in 1867. The book explores the concept of symmetry and homology in limbs, specifically in vertebrates. Wyman examines the similarities and differences in limb...

Need to plan for the next La Nina?Need to know when floods are returning? Need to know when to rest and when to invest?Ken Ring's weather predictions have been relied on by people in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand for more than 20 years, and...

If everything that goes up must come down then does that mean that the snow, hail, rain and sleet also come from the ground? Let's take a look into the weather cycles and try to understand where these showers originate. The cool thing about learning...

The book ""Essay On The Plants Collected By Eugene Fitzalan: During Lieutenant Smith�������s Expedition To The Estuary Of The Burdekin (1860)"" is a botanical study written by Ferdinand Mueller. The book is based on the plants collected by Eugene...

Abbildungen Neuer Oder Unvollst�����ndig Bekannter Amphibien ist ein Buch von Hermann Schlegel, das im Jahr 1837 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch enth�����lt eine Sammlung von Abbildungen von Amphibien, die zu dieser Zeit entweder neu entdeckt oder...

When The Storm King Frowns: A True Tale Of The Winter (1903) is a book written by Charles E. M. Brock. The book is a true tale of the winter and is set in a time when winters were harsh and unforgiving. The story revolves around a young boy named Jack,...

This book deals with the contemporary and controversial topic of Environmental Change and National Security. Security encompasses various elements of human security that are going to be affected by the vagaries of environmental change, brought about by...

Das Buch widmet sich der Komplexität des weltweiten Wettergeschehens und dem atmosphärischen und biosphärischen Wirkungsgefüge. Aus einer ungewohnten Sichtweise, die in der Klima-Diskussion so nicht vorkommt und in der Öffentlichkeit bisher wenig...

2017 Reprint of 1939 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.   The author believes in the nature of certain cyclical climatic forces which seem to influence our outlook and...

A Treatise On Tropical Diseases: On Military Operations And On The Climate Of The West Indies is a book written by Benjamin Moseley in 1792. The book is a comprehensive guide to the various tropical diseases that were prevalent in the West Indies during...

This book contains the proceedings of the Summerschool and Workshop Motions in the Solar Atmosphere held from September 1st to September 12th, 1997, at the Solar Observatory Kanzelh6he, which belongs to the Astronomical...

Our motivation for calling a conference on climatic change was to stimulate interdisciplinary exchange between researchers in various fields concerned with climatic research, which include meteorology, oceanography, limnology,...

Water is an extremely important factor in global environmental change. Water influences the processes causing change. The human and economic consequences of changes in the water system can be very significant. The aim of this...

Experts report the state of the art in the study of global climate change using remote sensing techniques. Topics covered include the principles of remote sensing, the management of data, data requirements in climatology, the...

In regard to global change, emphasis is generally placed on the increase in global temperature, but large changes in the distribution of precipitation are also likely to occur. Such changes have been redorded in the past by...

This unique book includes 250 maps related to various factors of meteorology and climate and their effects on the African continent. It provides detailed coverage of fundamentally important issues concerning African meterology,...

DAISY DIANA DISCOVERS: THE WONDERS OF WEATHER is an entertaining and informative story that teaches the reader the science behind different types of weather and how to stay safe if severe weather occurs. Whether you love meteorology or are reading this...

Weather Things in Photos is a collection of weather images, celebrating the variety of dynamic, colorful, inspirational, and educational sights in the sky and in the environment as a result of meteorology. From scenes of serenity, to striking lightning...

First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America. The book discusses important themes and closes with a chronology of the...

Palaeoclimatology is presently experiencing a period of rapid growth of techniques and concepts. Studies of earth's past climates ryrovide excellent opportunities to examine the interactions between the atmosrhere, oceans,...

This book contains most of the invited papers and contributions pre­ sented at the Symposium/Workshop on Solar-Terrestrial Influences on Weather and Climate which was held at The Ohio State University on 24-28 July 1978. The...

Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia is a crucial site for detecting long-term global changes, owing to its high sensitivity to climatic oscillation and its extraordinarily long history. Because lacustrine sediments have an advantage...

A profound knowledge of the past climate is vital for our understanding of global warming. The past 2000 years are both the period which is of most relevance to the next century and that for which there is the most evidence...

Current climate models diverge in their assessment of global warming that will result from the anthropogenic increase in trace gases. This is because they differ in their representation of the hydrological cycle (water vapour,...

Around 4000 years ago the advanced urban civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India suddenly collapsed. What happened? Did a prolonged drought cause the breakdown of social order? Recent discoveries from all over the world...

This book is the culmination of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on The Mathematics of Models for Climatology and Environment which was held at Puerto de la Cruz ,Tenerife, Spain during 11-21 January 1995. One of the main...

This book grew out of an introductory course that I was invited to teach on a number of occasions to senior and graduate level students at the University of Kid. I have cherished these opportunities in part because I was never...

This book is aimed at studying the scattering of monochromatic radiation in plane inhomogeneous media. We are dealing with the media whose optical properties depend on a single spatial coordinate, namely of a depth. The most...