meteorology

Discusses the type of work and research meteorologists perform as well as the tools they use and different branches of meteorology.

This volume captures all the excitement of rainbow sightings after rainy days.

"... explores the ways the environment--the weather, climate, or geography--influences the outcomes of wars"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses careers in storm science, including education, training, specialties, and salaries.

Discusses how and why the weather changes and ways to predict the weather by observing the sky, clouds, and wind.

This fact-filled volume examines the fundamentals of atmospheric science as well as the cultural impact of weather.

Even though we can t change the weather ourselves, we can understand the factors that account for changing conditions. Weather fronts are responsible for a host of meteorological phenomena, and learning how to interpret them can help us prepare for the worst of winter or celebrate the best of summer. This volume breaks down the differences between the various weather fronts and explains how they generate the weather we experience. It also examines the relationship between weather fronts, air masses, jet streams, and related events, such as El Ni o.

This book teaches what the sun's rays are doing to different parts of Earth at different times as well as the importance of Earth's axis, or tilt.

Explains in simple terms the science behind wind and includes the Beaufort Scale.

Explains in simple terms the science behind snow and the water cycle.