A Dictionary of Weather

Second Edition

Storm Dunlop

Oxford Quick Reference

• Almost 2000 definitions of terms from meteorology and from the related fields of oceanography, hydrology, climatology, astronomy, geomagnetism, and geology
• Over 300 new and revised entries such as A-Train, Pineapple Express, Watermelon snow, and Whumph
• Feature entries describe examples of extreme weather--such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina--and discuss key issues, e.g. global warming
• Short biographies of key people in the development of meteorology, such as Sir Francis Beaufort
• Maps and diagrams throughout, plus black and white satellite images to show weather systems and photos to illustrate the main cloud types
• Detailed appendices include weather records and climate data from around the world, further reading, and a list of relevant websites

A Dictionary of Weather

Second Edition

Storm Dunlop

Oxford Quick Reference

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A Dictionary of Weather

Second Edition

Storm Dunlop

Oxford Quick Reference

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A Dictionary of Weather

Second Edition

Storm Dunlop

Oxford Quick Reference

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A Dictionary of Weather

Second Edition

Storm Dunlop

Oxford Quick Reference

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Rain explained

By Storm Dunlop Rainfall in excessive quantities or in an unusual location may give rise to flooding ' as we have seen only too frequently in Britain in the past year ' but quite apart from such problems and its many other uses, water is absolutely essential for agriculture ' particularly in tropical countries where the onset and progress of the monsoon is anxiously awaited, and in regions where agriculture is utterly dependent on precipitation brought by the less predictable tropical cyclones ' known as 'cyclones', 'hurricanes', or 'typhoons', depending on their location around the world.

Posted on March 22, 2013

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Space weather

By Storm Dunlop We are all used to blaming things (rightly or wrongly) on the weather, but now it seems that this tendency has been extended to space weather. Space weather, for those who are uncertain, describes the effects that flares and other events on the Sun produce on Earth. Consult many of the sites on the World Wide Web that are devoted to events on a particular day in history, and you will be told that on 16 August 1989, a geomagnetic storm caused the Toronto Stock Exchange to crash.

Posted on January 7, 2013

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Name that cloud

By Storm Dunlop World Meteorology Day marks a highly successful collaboration under the World Meteorological Organization, involving every country, large or small, rich or poor. Weather affects every single person (every living being) on the planet, but why do people feel meteorology is not for them? Why do they even find it so difficult to identify different types of cloud? Or at least they claim that it is difficult. The average person, it would seem, looks at the sky and simply thinks 'clouds'. (Just as they look at the night sky and think nothing more than 'stars').

Posted on March 23, 2012

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