David Pedgley

Mountain Weather (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Britain's mountain weather

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The third edition of this popular guidebook aimed at helping walkers and climbers to plan their activities so as to avoid the inconvenience, or even danger, posed by bad weather in the UK mountains. The book provides an understanding of our complex and ever-changing weather that will enhance the mountain experience for all outdoor enthusiasts. Based on the latest weather research, and illustrated with maps and satellite imagery, the guide helps you to understand weather maps and forecasts and to 'read' the weather on the hills. With experience, you can develop the skills not only to interpret forecasts, but to anticipate changes in the weather by reading the environment around you.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cicerone Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849658638
• Artikelnr.: 39934467

Autorenporträt

David Pedgley OBE BSc is a meteorologist now retired from the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, where he undertook research on windborne movement of insect pests to help improve crop yields in developing countries. He was formerly a weather observer, forecaster and instructor in the Meteorological Office; and he was also a Vice-President of the Royal Meteorological Society, editor of the Society's monthly popular magazine Weather and a founder of the Saturday discussion meetings for amateur meteorologists. A hillwalker for many years, he started the Society's field courses on mountain weather. Lecturer and author, he is married with four children.