Napier Shaw

The Drama of Weather

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1939 second edition of a popular 1933 original contains a richly illustrated review of trends in weather forecasting and description.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781107450875
• ISBN-10: 110745087X
• Artikelnr.: 41610835

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue. Pageantry in the sky
1. Ideas of the drama ancient and modern
2. The watchers: what they see and what they say
3. The score
4. The chorus. Rhythmic aspects of the records
5. The weather-map presents the play
Epilogue. The weather-map of the future
6. Where our rain comes from
7. Chapter and verse for weather in relation to agriculture
List of step-diagrams in the maps of Chapter III
List of mountains in fig. 40
Index.