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Author Pretor-Pinney, Gavin.

Title The cloudspotter's guide : the science, history, and culture of clouds / Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; chapter illustrations by Bill Sanderson.

Publication Info. New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 2007.
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.57 P927    Check Shelf
Edition Perigee trade paperback edition.
Description 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note "A Perigee Book."
"An official publication of the Cloud Appreciation Society."
Originally published: London : Hoddder & Stoughton (Sceptre ed.), 2006.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Cloud chart -- Classification table -- [pt. 1]. The low clouds -- 1. Cumulus -- 2. Cumulonimbus -- 3. Stratus -- 4. Stratocumulus -- [pt. 2]. The middle clouds -- 5. Altocumulus -- 6. Altostratus -- 7. Nimbostratus -- [pt. 3]. The high clouds -- 8. Cirrus -- 9. Cirrocumulus -- 10. Cirrostratus -- [pt. 4]. Not forgetting -- 11. The other clouds -- 12. Contrails -- 13. The morning glory -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Clouds -- Observers' manuals.
Clouds.
Added Author Sanderson, Bill.
Cloud Appreciation Society.
ISBN 9780399533457
0399533451
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