U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters - 5 Volumes
Year: 2008 Language: english Author: Various authors Genre: Encyclopedia Publisher: Thomson Gale ISBN: 9781414418797 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 914 Description: The U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters is a comprehensive survey of weather, weather-related topics, and natural disasters, aiming to give readers the science and the facts behind the weather events. Each chapter, in this five-volume series, presents a monographic topic in clear, nontechnical language. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order, and also give historical accounts of famous past weather events and disasters, biographies of famous figures in meteorology, practical information on handling extreme weather situations, bibliography and filmography, and charts. Each chapter also presents step-by-step experiments on the foundations of weather and meteorology, and a dictionary where key terms are clearly defined. A cumulative index and a section that gives readers access to material both within the series and in outside resources, are also included. - Volume 1 is a general introduction to the topic of weather and natural disasters, including climate, clouds, and precipitation. - Volume 2 presents the first six of the alphabetically arranged chapters on weather and natural disaster topics: Avalanche, Blizzard, Drought, Dust Storm, Earthquake, and El Niño. - Volume 3 presents the following seven chapters: Flood, Fog, Hurricane, Landslide, La Nin˜a, Local Winds, and Monsoon. - Volume 4 wraps up the alphabetically arranged chapters with six more chapters: Optical Effects, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcano, and Wildfire. - Volume 5 examines influence of humans on weather and natural disasters, including chapters on forecasting and climate change.
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U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters - 5 Volumes
Year: 2008
Language: english
Author: Various authors
Genre: Encyclopedia
Publisher: Thomson Gale
ISBN: 9781414418797
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 914
Description: The U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters is a comprehensive survey of weather, weather-related topics, and natural disasters, aiming to give readers the science and the facts behind the weather events. Each chapter, in this five-volume series, presents a monographic topic in clear, nontechnical language. Topics are arranged in alphabetical order, and also give historical accounts of famous past weather events and disasters, biographies of famous figures in meteorology, practical information on handling extreme weather situations, bibliography and filmography, and charts. Each chapter also presents step-by-step experiments on the foundations of weather and meteorology, and a dictionary where key terms are clearly defined. A cumulative index and a section that gives readers access to material both within the series and in outside resources, are also included.
- Volume 1 is a general introduction to the topic of weather and natural disasters, including climate, clouds, and precipitation.
- Volume 2 presents the first six of the alphabetically arranged chapters on weather and natural disaster topics: Avalanche, Blizzard, Drought, Dust Storm, Earthquake, and El Niño.
- Volume 3 presents the following seven chapters: Flood, Fog, Hurricane, Landslide, La Nin˜a, Local Winds, and Monsoon.
- Volume 4 wraps up the alphabetically arranged chapters with six more chapters: Optical Effects, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tsunami,
Volcano, and Wildfire.
- Volume 5 examines influence of humans on weather and natural disasters, including chapters on forecasting and climate change.
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