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The Weather, Illustrated: Graphics from the Ams Weather Bookby American Meteorological Society
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:North America has some of the most varied and dynamic weather on the planet. Every year, the Gulf Coast is battered by hurricanes, the Great Plains are ravaged by tornados, the Midwest is pummeled by blizzards, and the temperature in the Southwest reaches a sweltering 120 degrees. Extreme weather can be a matter of life and death, but even when it is pleasant—72 degrees and sunny—weather is still central to the lives of all Americans. Yet few of us really understand the science behind weather. This DVD companion to The AMS Weather Book—the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to our weather and our atmosphere—provides over one hundred graphic illustrations in full color and exceptional detail that serve to illuminate and explain the full host of atmospheric phenomena, from the Northern Lights and lake effect snow to the jet stream and ocean currents. All of the concepts illustrated on this DVD relate to people’s every day lives and can be used in the classroom to complement the book, or as educational tools in their own right.
About the AuthorEditors at the American Meteorological Society worked with science journalist and author of The AMS Weather Book, Jack Williams, and a team of illustrators to render full-color, lively graphics depicting the science behind the weather. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction A gallery of clouds How the atmosphere bends light How water drops make rainbows Ice crystals create halos Ice crystals create sun pillars Satellites give the big picture Why the sky is blue and sunrise and sunset are red Chapter 2: Earths Energy Electromagnetic waves Earths energy budget How heat travels Longer days, less heat Earths moving continents Night and day on an equinox Night and day on the summer solstice Night and day on the winter solstice Space Weather The Arctic Ocean halocline How Earths tilt causes the seasons Chapter 3: Wind and Currents Fierce winds rip apart houses How a mercury barometer works How Earths surface affects winds How wind shear causes turbulence A one, two, three of jet streams Gabled roof and hip roof The Coriolis force Waves What makes the wind blow Wind around high pressure Wind around low pressure Wind between high and low pressure Chapter 4: Water A California barrier jet A water molecule A watery world An ice crystal As water cools How clouds create rain and snow How evaporation saturates air Waters phase changes Stable air Unstable air Why rising air cools Chapter 5: Global Patterns A conveyor belt storm model A teacher at sea Atmospheric rivers and floods Formation of polar air masses Global atmospheric and ocean circulation La Niña and El Niño Middle latitude storms Oceanic heat transport Oscillations and the weather Semipermanent pressure areas Some typical extratropical storm tracks Storm energy Europes warm winters Waves in upper-atmospheric winds Chapter 6: Earth Observers A gallery of research airplanes Automated weather observations Doppler weather radar Greenland Measurements of cloud cover Measuring the oceans depths Passive microwave energy Polarized weather radar Satellite observations Tracking weather in Antarctica West Antarctic Ice Sheet camp Chapter 7: Weather Forecasting Aircraft icing Blizzard of 1888 snowfall Eclipse forecast for 2017 Forecast maps Looking far ahead Plenty of warning Spaghetti plots Storm warning flags Tar-Pamlico river basin Weather forecasts from start to finish Chapter 8: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Hailstorms Lightning detection Lightning Multicell cluster thunderstorms Safe rooms Supercells and tornadoes The lifecycle of thunderstorms Tornado ingredients Tornadoes and overpasses Wet and dry microbursts Chapter 9: Mesoscale Weather Atmospheric gravity waves Bow echoes Lake-effect snow Mesoscale convective complex The Independence Day derecho of 1977 The thermal belt and wildfire Towering clouds and quirky winds Winds with names Winter warm front weather Chapter 10: Tropical Cyclones Hurricane eyewall replacement Hurricane forecast maps Hurricanes high and low Ingredients needed for a hurricane Inside a hurricane Measuring hurricane winds Steering hurricanes Storm surge Storms are giant whirlwinds Tropical cyclone basins Chapter 11: Under the Radar Air measurements from above and below Air pollution Clear above, murky below Dangerous tiny particles The Air Quality Index The heat index The UV index and sunburn danger Wind chill chart Chapter 12: Weather and Climate Threats Antarctic sea ice Arctic Ocean sea ice losses Inside ice sheets Natural and human drivers of Earths climate Ozone and the stratosphere Productive polar oceans The carbon cycle Tundras active layer Warming and ice sheets What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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