| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Science Reference Center |
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Science Reference Center.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Temperature and Pressure: The Fundamentals of Air -- 3. It's Not the Heat ... It's the Heat and the Humidity -- 4. The Four Seasons -- 5. Other Worlds: Lessons from Comparative Planetology -- 6. Weather Wisdom and Lore -- 7. Stormy Weather -- 8. When Time Stood Still: The Ancient History of the Climate -- 9. Here Come the Glaciers -- 10. The Post-Glacial Period: Homo Sapiens Comes of Age -- 11. The Greenhouse Gases: Making Our Own World -- 12. Oceans: The Majority Rules -- 13. El Nino: From Hoax to Menace -- 14. Ozone, Good and Bad -- 15. Two Worlds -- 16. Energy: Production and Consumption -- 17. The World in a Future Climate -- 18. Global Warming: The Everyman Misconception -- App. I. Mass and Weight -- App. II. Air Pressure and Density -- App. III. Absorption and Condensation -- App. IV. The Coriolis Effect and the Prevailing Westerlies -- App. V. Further Remarks on the Causes of Mass Extinctions -- App. VI. Instances of Global Warming. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Learn about the weather on Earth. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Science Reference Center |
| Subject |
Weather.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Weather. (OCoLC)fst01173087
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stock, Jürgen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Upgren, Arthur R. Weather. Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., ©2000 0738202940 9780738202945 (DLC) 00105193 (OCoLC)45340038 |
| ISBN |
9781429494045 (electronic book) |
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1429494042 (electronic book) |
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0738202940 (paperback) |
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9780738202945 (paperback) |
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0738205214 (p. 4 of cover) |
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9780738205212 (p. 4 of cover) |
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