The Sailor's Book of the Weather

ISBN-13: 9780470998038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 164 str.

Dr. Simon Keeling

Opis

Meteorology can seem like a black-art with the meteorologist producing forecasts that somehow seem to contradict what you are reading from the charts.

Spis treści

From the contents:
Why the Sailors Book of the Weather?Introduction to Weather
The Structure of the Atmosphere
The Seasons
Global Circulation
Physics of the Atmosphere
Physical Changes Affecting the Weather
The Rise and Fall of an Air Parcel: Stability
Atmospheric Forces
Workings of the Weather
Air Masses
Pressure Systems
Fronts
The Polar Front Low
The Jet Stream
Practical Forecasting
Plotted Weather Charts and Forecasting
DIY Forecasting from the Charts
Observing the Weather
Forecasting from the Clouds
The Whisper of the Winds
Hazards
Thunderstorms
Mist and Fog
Where to Get Weather Information
The Shipping Forecast
Internet Weather Charts
Radiofax, Radioteletype and GRIB
Conclusion
Further Learning at Weather School
Appendix: Charts for You to Draw
Index

O autorze

Simon Keeling is proud to be a self-confessed weather anorak. From the age of nine he dreamed of being a TV weatherman and in 1995 that dream came true when he became weatherman for GMTV. He has done stints on all the main UK networks, but now spends more time writing about the weather, running weather courses for TV weather presenters, pilots and sailors, as well as running his own weather company. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and has a Master of Science Degree in Applied Meteorology&Climatology from the University of Birmingham.