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Author Carson, Mary Kay, author.

Title The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 551.55 CARSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J500 SCI (SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD)    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 551.553 CARSON    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 551.55 CAR    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J 551.55 CARSON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 551.553 CAR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 551.55 CAR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 551.55 CARSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 551.55 CARSON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 551.553 CAR    Check Shelf

Description 75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 x 24 cm.
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.
Audience Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Summary "What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents A southern twist -- Storm chaser genesis -- Twister science 2.0 -- Scanning the skies -- A tragic year -- Setting a tornado net -- Future forecasts -- Words to know.
Subject Tanamachi, Robin -- Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes -- Juvenile literature.
Storm chasers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists. (OCoLC)fst01018436
Storm chasers. (OCoLC)fst01745535
Tornadoes. (OCoLC)fst01152763
Women scientists. (OCoLC)fst01178507
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Uhlman, Tom, illustrator.
ISBN 9780544965829 (hardcover)
0544965825 (hardcover)
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