The Reference Shelf: Weather
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Weather and Climate Resources |
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Dictionary of Weather
"Provides a comprehensive body of information about weather, forecasting, and climate terms, along with detailed illustrative examples of specific events and weather extremes. With this resource, you can easily find where and when the world's largest hailstone fell and where the highest temperature was recorded. Using the list of weather records, you can also check climate data for different weather types from around the world. Key terms from the related fields of oceanography, hydrology, and climatology are covered as are the important people in the development of meteorology." |
Oxford
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Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather
"Given the potential impacts of climatic change, whether from human or natural origins, on agriculture, water supplies, forestry, coastal protection, human health, and biodiversity protection, knowledge of climate and weather is essential to understanding social problems and prospects for development in the 21st century. [This encyclopedia] was deliberately designed to encompass this wide range of natural scientific subjects, as well as the social sciences that have contributed to the understanding of both the causes of weather and climate change and their effects on environment and society. No longer is the weather simply about clouds, rain, and temperature; it is about biomes, fuels, forested area, oceans, glaciers, historic events, exotic species, economic opportunities, and new energy systems. All such subjects are treated in these volumes." |
Reference
QC 854
.E523 1994
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Minnesota Climatology Working Group
"The Minnesota Climatology Working Group exists to study and describe the climate of Minnesota. Each of its members concentrates its efforts on specific topical areas in which climate plays a significant role. The results of such effort generally can be used as guidance in the many activities ranging from recreation to vocation in which Minnesota's citizens are involved. By functioning in a group fashion an efficiency in the use of data and other resources is achieved. The immediate contacts within the group also enable a broad view of the influence of climate on the myriad of interactions which occur between various human interests and the environment." Includes historical data. |
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Natural Disasters: Hurricanes
"It is [the] financial and human consequences that motivate this publication. The purpose of this book is to provide background information on issues, people, organizations, and publications related to hurricanes and to provide guidance on where additional information may be obtained about a specific topic." |
netLibrary
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UM Weather
From the University of Michigan, it is "the Internet's premier source of weather information since 1994. Providing access to thousands of forecasts, images, and the Net's largest collection of weather links, UM Weather is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of weather data on the Web." |
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