Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science Behind the Forecasts - Hardcover

Denny, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231174926 ISBN 13: 9780231174923

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

How do meteorologists design forecasts for the next day's, the next week's, or the next month's weather? Are some forecasts more likely to be accurate than others, and why? Making Sense of Weather and Climate takes readers through key topics in atmospheric physics and presents a cogent view of how weather relates to climate, particularly climate-change science. It is the perfect book for amateur meteorologists and weather enthusiasts, and for anyone whose livelihood depends on navigating the weather's twists and turns. Making Sense of Weather and Climate begins by explaining the essential mechanics and characteristics of this fascinating science. The noted physics author Mark Denny also defines the crucial differences between weather and climate, and then develops from this basic knowledge a sophisticated yet clear portrait of their relation.

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Mark Denny is the author of Lights On! The Science of Power Generation (2013); The Science of Navigation: From Dead Reckoning to GPS (2012); Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun: The Evolution and Science of Ballistics (2011); Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering (2010); and Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar (2007).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0231174926
• ISBN 13: 9780231174923
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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