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Books: General weather | Weather phenomena | The planets
Readers Digest
Explains Weather (Readers Digest Explores, 1998) £16.99.
Gives accounts of weather from Aurora Borealis to full-blown hurricanes.
Includes understanding the weather, its extremes, world climatic zones
and forecasting.
A Chronology of
Weather by Michael Allaby (Facts on File, 1998) £29.50.
Introduction to all aspects of the science of weather.
Directory of Weather
by Storm Dunlop (Oxford University Press, 2001) £7.99.
Comprehensive dictionary of weather, forecasting and climate.
An Introduction
to Atmospheric Physics by David G Andrews (Cambridge University Press,
2000) £17.95.
Presents broad coverage of atmospheric physics. Helps to grasp the essential
physics behind issues such as climate change and global ozone.
Calculating the
Weather: Meteorology in the 20th century by Frederick Nebeker (International
Geophysics, 1995) £48.95.
Explains the transformation of meteorology by examining roles of computation
throughout the history of meteorology and the use of computers.
Climates and Weather
Explained by Edward Linacre and Bart Geerts (Routledge, 1997) £32.50.
Introduction to study of atmosphere. Explains basic principles, concepts
and the relevance of weather and climate to human life, such as skin cancer,
crop growth, weather forecasting and air pollution.
The Climate Revealed
by William J Burroughs (Mitchell Beazley, 1999) £25.
Technical aspects of the climate graphically explained and their effects
on the environment and human life.
Meteorology: The
atmosphere and science of weather by Joseph M Moran and Michael D
Morgan (Prentice Hall, 1996) US edition only: available through online
bookstores.
Introduction to the basics of meteorology and climatology.
Watching the Weather
by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin (Constable, 1997) £7.95.
Insight into the weather, featuring the Earth and other planets, including
Mars.
The Essex Weather
Book by Ian Currie, Mark Davison and Bob Ogley (Froglets Publications,
2000) £10.99.
Contains stories of dramatic weather events including whirlwinds, fogs,
dust devils and twisters.
Eye of the Storm:
Inside the world's deadliest hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards by
Jeffrey Rosenfeld (Perseus Books, 1999) £19.99.
Follows scientists into the heart of storms, hurricanes and tornadoes.
Encyclopaedia of
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones by David Longshore (Facts on File,
2000) £15.99.
Provides accounts of all major storm systems ever recorded, maps of their
course, chronologies of their progress and photographs of their aftermath.
Florida Hurricanes
and Tropical Storms by John M Williams and Iver W Duedall (University
Press of Florida, 1997) £10.95.
A comprehensive guide to hurricanes, tropical storms and near misses,
and their impact on Florida since 1871.
Storm Chaser
by Faidley (The Weather Channel, 1996) £20.50.
Describes the experiences of photographing lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes,
the techniques and dangers involved.
Sand and Dust Storms
by Dianne Excell and Peter S Excell (Ellis Horwood, 1991) £50.
Reference book with information on sand and dust storms.
The Electrical
Nature of Storms by David R MacGorman and W David Rust (Oxford University
Press, 1998) £69.50.
Maps the progress during the last 20 years of new technology in studying
electrical storms including lightning mapping systems, new radar and satellite
sensors.
The Lightning Book
by Peter E Viemeister (The MIT Press, 1972) £9.50.
General information on all aspects of lightning.
Handbook of Atmospheric
Electrodynamics (CRC Press, 1995) £107.
Covers ion chemistry, composition of the atmosphere, meteorological aspects
of thunderstorms and lightning detection from ground and space.
The Cambridge Planetary
Handbook by Bakich (Cambridge University Press, 2000) £20.
Useful reference text bringing together key facts and data on planets
and their satellites.
Earth from Above
by Claire L Parkinson (University Science Books, 1997) £17.99.
Information on atmosphere studies, satellite data and colour coded satellite
images of earth.
Physics of the
Space Environment by Tamas I Gombosi (Cambridge University Press,
1999) £47.50.
Introduction to physical phenomena that results from the interaction of
the sun and planets, often known as space weather.
Exploring the Sun
by Karl Hafbauer (John Hopkins University Press, 1993) £16.50.
Traces the development of solar sciences from Galileo to the age of space
research.
Guide to the Sun
(Cambridge University Press, 1995) £18.95.
Contains information on all aspects of the Sun including its interior,
surface and atmosphere.
The Aurora: Sun-Earth
interactions by Neil Bone (Ellis Horwood, 1991) £24.95.
Gives a history of the aurora and how it can provide an insight into determining
the past activity of the Sun.
Mars: The living
planet by Barry D Gregorio (Frog, 1997) £21.
Description of Mars biology and the Viking lander laboratory experiments.
Mars: Uncovering
the secrets of the red planet by P Raeburn (National Geographic, 2000)
£16.99.
Traces the history of attempts to explore Mars, describes the successful
Pathfinder Mission and presents scientific theories about life on the
planet.
The Giant Planet
Jupiter by John H Rogers (Cambridge University Press, 1995) £70.
Comprehensive and accessible account of Jupiter and satellite data from
Pioneer, Voyager and Ulysses probes.
Jupiter Odyssey:
The story of NASA's Galileo mission by David M Harland (Springer-Verlag
UK, 2000) £19.50.
Story of the long-haul mission to Jupiter and the five years exploration
of the Jovian system.
Jupiter by
Seymour Simon (William Morow, 1997) £4.50.
Summarises what is known about the largest planet in the solar system.
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