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Title Weather A-Z : a dictionary of weather terms / Royal Meteorological Society in association with Adrienne Le Maistre, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Viel Richardson and LSC Publishing.

Publication Info. Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2022.
©2022

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  551.6 WEATHER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.6 ROYAL    Check Shelf
Description 127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "An encyclopedic guide to weather phenomena combining expert insight and stunning imagery."-- Provided by publisher.
"From fire rainbows to ice storms, this is an A to Z guide to the Earth's spectacular weather phenomena. The entries have been crafted by experts at the Royal Meteorological Society, and many are illustrated with dramatic imagery from their annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition. As well as providing precise scientific and geographic detail on all aspects of weather, the book also includes a chapter on 'cloudspotting for beginners' by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Couldspotter's Guide."-- Provided by publisher
Contents Foreword -- A-Z -- Features. Aurora ; Cloudspotting for beginners ; El Niño Southern Oscillation ; Green flash ; Halo phenomena ; Jet streams ; Lightning ; Monsoons ; Novaya Zemlya effect ; Rainbows ; Snow ; Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons ; Tornadoes ; Virga -- Picture credits -- Acknowledgements
Subject Weather -- Miscellanea.
Weather -- Popular works.
Weather -- Dictionaries.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology.
Weather. (OCoLC)fst01173087
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
Trivia and miscellanea.
Dictionaries.
Added Author Le Maistre, Adrienne, author, editor
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin, author
Richardon, Viel, author
LSC Publishing, contributor
Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain), author.
Added Title Weather A to Z
ISBN 9780228103967 (paperback)
0228103967 (paperback)
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