Understand The Weather: Teach Yourself by Peter Inness

Understand The Weather: Teach Yourself by Peter Inness

Understand the Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes changes in the weather on a local, national and global scale but that you can also fully interpret weather broadcasts and are able to make your own predictions. Packed full of case studies, this book will explain both the weather we experience daily (winds, cold fronts, rain and shine) and the extreme weather that makes the headlines all too often (El Nino, Hurricane Katrina, floods). It will also focus on climate change and its effects - how will our weather be different in the future? Whether your job or leisure pursuits rely on the weather, or you just want to understand more about it, this book is ideal.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.T RY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

Peter Inness is a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. Prior to this, Peter was an Instructor at the Met Office College and a Research Scientist at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research and Prediction.

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ISBN 13	9781444103106
ISBN 10	1444103105
Titel	Understand The Weather: Teach Yourself
Autor	Peter Inness
Serie	Teach Yourself General
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Murray Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-08-27
Seitenanzahl	304
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