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Written primarily for serving trainee deck officers in merchant ships (including those aiming for dual qualification) as well as for fisherman and ocean-going yachtsmen. It includes the latest developments in weather forecasting such as satelite technolog, fax and Navtex, and GMDSS. It includes 16 pages of cloud formation illustrations in full colour. ... Read more

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The Weather Channel helps us stay informed about daily meteorological events, but for a macro view of the hot topics, key individuals, and notable occurrences in the field of meteorology turn to this interesting and informative review of the most recent advances and discoveries. Useful statistics as well as articles about weather hazards, new technologies that help predict the weather, and how the climate is changing make this a handy ready reference and excellent source for recommended print and electronic resources for further study field. Students considering a career in the field will find information about education and training and professional associations. ... Read more

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Highly flexible in format, this basic exercise manual is designedfor a wide range of uses, offering balanced coverage of traditional topics and agreat variety of practical exercises that vary in rigor and emphasize theuse of real data. Supportive text and finely focused study questionsare included to both help readers “discover”the meaning and significanceof conditions from actual weather/atmospheric data, and to reinforce basicconcepts and interrelationships among topics. Discussestraditional topics such as the atmosphere, Earth-sun relationships, solar radiation,climate and climatic analysis, etc. Topics place great emphasis throughout onworking with real data. Gives special treatment to the weather map as a basictool.

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Cheated from this seller
To whom it may concerned,

I've been cheated from the seller who sold me this textbook. Most pages between every chapter guideline and review exercises have been ripped off. These missing parts have required exercises that I will not be able to do because THEY ARE MISSING.

The seller was advertising this product as "like new" and I even wrote a feedback as "excellent condition" but I just noticed I HAVE BEEN CHEATED.

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A Life in Science
Richard Feynman once remarked that because he knew the different dimensions of physics- philosophical, mathematical, technological, historical, practical, etc. - attracted different students, he baited his lectures with all of these lures in order to bring students in.Between 1959 and 1979 Doubleday Anchor produced a wonderful series of books on science (72 titles in all) aimed at intelligent high school students and written by some of the best scientific talent in the US.The Science Study Series aimed at attracting young minds to science by exploring its many dimensions. Some titles looked at a particular area, some a specific technology, some were historical in approach, others examined policy implications of science. Unlike so many modern popular science books, which focus on the "Geez Whiz" aspects of science, Science Study volumes often addressed very basic and simple (to formulate) questions like: how do birds and butterfiles navigate in migration, what are the properties of water, what is the nature of violent storms?Always the emphasis was on understanding the process of science: how we proceed systematically to gain genuine knowledge.
Duncan Blanchard's FROM RAINDROPS TO VOLCANOES, officially volume 50 in the Science Study Series, was among the very best.Blanchard starts with such simple questions as: how do rain drops form?, how big are they?, what is their shape?, and proceeds to show how the pursuit of these questions can lead one, step by step, very far from where one began.As such, it is not only a beautiful illustration of the logic of scientific investigation, but also a wonderful example of the excitement and open-ended nature of a life in science.Blanchard's studies take him from laboratory, to ocean surface exploration in the Caribbean, to Hawaiian mountain ranges, to new-born volcanic islands forming off Iceland.Despite being written more than 40 years ago, FROM RAINDROPS TO VOLCANOES still retains all of its freshness, and all of its impact in showing how a scientific career can lead to a very rich and fulfilling life.

delightful
in Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics, Craig Bohren refers to Blanchard's very readable book to study the mechanisms by which salt gets into the atmosphere. I got a copy, and must admit that the book is indeed very readable but above all delightful !!

You will learn, among many other things, how bubbles are formed in the sea, how they break and form a jet, and how the jet produces drops that are ejected into the air above.

Everything starts with observations, followed by experiments (involving a minimum of equipment) in an effort to understand what goes on in the ocean of air, and its interaction with the surface of the sea.

Still A Worthy Read
I first read "From Raindrops to Volcanoes" when I was a meteorology student in the late 1960s and interested in cloud physics. It was one of the best of a great series of lay science books published in by Doubleday/Anchor at the time. I reread the book again after many years about two years ago and find it is still one of the best of its genre. Blanchard presents his topic well. I love his book "The Snowflake Man" about Snowflake Bentley, but still rate this as his best. Blanchard, now retired, told me that the material in this book has not been superceded by recent advances in the science, so there is no reason to caution the reader. Blanchard's humorous insights into the world of the research scientist flesh out a well written book. ... Read more

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Describes how to anticipate hazardous weather conditions, avoid them in flight, and get out of them when encountered.

Among the topics covered in clear detail are:

The Ups and Downs of Air: showing that fronts, low pressure areas, mountains and jet streams really do only one thing - lift air.

Stability: Explaining the relationship of atmospheric stability to observed weather.

Air-Mass Thunderstorms: Describes what they are, how to avoid them and how (if you must) to fly through them.

Steady-State Thunderstorms: Presents all you need to know about these fearsome tornado-spawning thunderstorms.

Lightning: The dangers to airplanes, and which fuels and systems are most valuable (and vulnerable).

Icing: The hows and whys of structural icing, with icing avoidance and other aspects of this flight-crippling condition.

Nocturnal Thunderstorms: Takes the mystery our of the cause and effect of these beautiful killers.

Downburst: Discusses the downdraft-shear phenomena which caused the 1975 Eastern airlines crash at JFK. ... Read more

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Weather Simplified
Finally, a book about weather in plain English.Unlike every other book I read on weather, the author keeps the subject very interesting.There is also answers to long-standing questions about flying in weather that no one ever dared answered that are in this book.A must read for every pilot.

Very good product
This product is same as described in purchase. Delivery was very quickly and good conditions. I recommend this product and provider. Sincerely. Jose Pena

Talks about nasty weather in a simple way.
This book is for the weather novice who doesn't want to get a PhD in meteorology, but still wants to stay out of trouble.While most of the information about thunderstorms is available elsewhere, his section on icing was particularly valuable. I would recommend this to any pilot who seems lost about weather reports or charts. If you know your way around surface analysis charts and lifted index charts then this book might be too simple for you.

Unreserved praise!
For all pilots!I purchased this book over ten years ago and I try to reread it each spring.This book condenses need to know information into useable "bites," and makes weather interesting and understandable.You will learn things about temperature dew point relationships and many other aspects of weather and weather flying that you may never hear any other place.If you are looking for a book that will better prepare you for the dynamics of weather flying, this is one of the very best.

severe weather flying
This is a must read book for any pilot who does serious weather flying.Dennis takes the mumbo jumbo and puts it in terms that are very easy to understand. With thirty two years of flying under my belt, this is the only book that makes practical sense of very technical issues. ... Read more

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A revised introduction to meteorology, this text includes updated and expanded material on ozone depletion, global warming, and acid rain. It includes coverage of severe weather events including the 1995 hurricane season and examples from 1996. ... Read more

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Comprehensive
I wanted to better understand the weather. How do systems form, how do they move, what causes it to rain? With no prior reading or knowledge on the subject, this book provided a clear, concise explanation that will help any reader better understand the nightly weather forecast and appreciate all of the variables that make an accurate forecast so difficult.

User Friendly TextBook
Clear, easy to understand.Dvd and online bonus. And, I got an A in the class!

EXCELLENT
Having no college background, but a great interest in the weather, I searched high and low for a comprehensive book that would be understandable and informative.This book greatly increased my knowledge of the weather. It is a quality textbook that covers, in depth, what other books just touchon.High and low pressure systems, fronts, weather systems, trade winds,jet streams, precipitation, clouds, visual effects, measuring devices andmuch more.I would really love to get the next book that carries on wherethis one left off, but to go much farther will probably require moreknowledge of math and physics.This book also gave me the desire forfurther learning.It's almost contagious because the information is soamazingly interesting.I would recommend this book to anyone who trulyloves weather study.Completing the questions in each section really helpsto hold the information gained.

An excellenttext, and a super home library reference.
This is the textbook for a course I just took in Junior College (St. Pete, FL). Although I have many other texts and references on Weather on my shelves, The Atmosphere will take the number one spot now.The diagramsand illustrations are very good, and the Appendices are worth the cost ofthe book alone. Thanks, Bill Bell, St.Pete Florida 7-15-99

A carefully written well-illustrated non-technical textbook.
I am not qualified to judge the content of this evidently widely-used textbook but it seems carefully written, eg its treatment the relationship between the temperature of a parcel of air and the amount of water vapor itcan carry, bearing in mind the cautions on the subject at Penn StateUniversity's "Bad Meteorology" web site. It appears to becomprehensive in scope to judge from its Table of Contents, which iscomparable to that of other introdutory non-technical meteorology texts Ihave seen. Photographs and drawings are plentiful, clear with respect tocontent, and beautifully printed.

When I say "non-technical"I mean readers looking for even a rudimentary treatment of the math,physics, and chemistry of the atmosphere will be disappointed unless, forexample, you consider something like a Fahrenheit/Celsius conversionformula mathematically taxing.This is the technical level intended by theauthors and publisher however and not a fault of the book.

But if someaspect of meteorology should turn you on when you read about it in"The Atmosphere" expect no help from the text if you want toexplore the matter further:bibliography and notes are absent.This maybe an artifact of publishing economics or a (bad) judgement about theintellectual curiosity of the average college underclassman rather than anauthor's omission but it's inexcusable in my view, even for a high schooltext. It merits a two-star penalty.

If you're a non-science majortaking an elective meteorology course to round out your degree requirementsand this text is on the reading list you could do worse.If you have anactive interest in the earth's atmosphere and the study of it, even if youdon't have a background in the hard sciences, you should invest in adifferent text. ... Read more

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Ackerman/Knox's METEOROLOGY: UNDERSTANDING THE ATMOSPHERE presents the subject of weather as it directly affects the student, presenting the material with a moderate amount of detail, to make them knowledgeable citizens of the world. It builds strong connections between meteorology and everyday life, with an emphasis on real, working meteorology and state-of-the-art technology. The author's lucid writing style captures students' interest, and the integration of high-magnitude, real-world weather events to illustrate the impact of the weather, communicates the authors' enthusiasm and love of the subject. The text comes automatically packaged with an interactive CD-ROM (Blue Skies). ... Read more

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Book applets nominated for Pixie Awards
The applets available in association with this book (The Why Files Interactives) have been nominated for excellence in website design that incorporates motion.See the press release below:

3rd Annual Pixie Nominations Honor Online Films and Animations

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 17, 2004 -- On the heels of an earlier than usual Oscars, the Directors Board of Broadband Motion Pixure Arts and Technologies today released nominees for its 3rd Annual Pixie Awards, which honor achievement in online and broadband motion picture production.

Formally known as the Directors Board Awards for Achievement in Broadband Motion Pixure Production, the Pixie Awards are widely considered the top award -- if not the only award -- in a burgeoning area of artistic endeavor that includes animation, film, and web site design.

"It's an enormous honor to be nominated by the Pixie Awards in one category, but to be nominated in two categories is simply over the top!" said Looney Bin Animation Studios creative director Stan Holden upon hearing the good news about his animated feature Rebel Without a Claus.

"It's the equivalent of being nominated for an Oscar!" Holden added from his offices in Orange County, Calif.

The Pixie Awards include categories for Best Web Design that Incorporates Motion and Best Original Score for an i-Feature -- a film that resides entirely on the Internet.

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The nominees for the 3rd Annual Pixie Awards are:
(edited for appropriate category)

Best Web Design that Incorporates Motion

SantaFeHealingArt --
Anand Nunnally, Jill Schwarz, Jason Goodyear, Clarence Cline, Lucinda Dykes, and Michael Tincher, Designers

Jibjab -- Evan Spiridellis, Mike Jaffe and Gregg Spiridellis, Designers

***The Why Files Interactives -- Sue Medaris, Tom Whittaker and Steve Ackerman, Designers

Award-winning book
This book has won a Talby Award from the Society of Academic Authors.Please see release below.

Meteorologists' book wins visuals award
WINONA, Minn., March 24, 2003 -- A college meteorology textbook by Steve Ackerman and John Knox won a William Henry Fox Talbot Prize for excellence in visuals from the Sociey of Academic Authors. The book, Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere, published by Brooks/Cole under the editorshop of Keith Dodson, was praised by one member of the SA2 panel of judges as an "exceptional job pulling together relevant data to be presented in original graphic formats." Said other judges: "The text is visually sophisticated, truly interesting, and up-to-date, with always apt and sometimes ravishing images, figurative models, and tables used to support its thoughtful pedagogy." "This book has some of the most pretty and apt graphics that I have ever seen in a textbook.""Quite simply, the production quality is superb." "Visuals are integral and are used generously." Learning of the award, Knox said: "I'm excited to see that the judges appreciated our efforts so thoroughly -- especially since Steve and I are both first-time authors. Knox is a research scientist and lecturer at the University of Georgia. Ackerman is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The announcement in the fourth in a series on the 2003 Talbies. ... Read more

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This book has been designed for use both as a text for students of the atmospheric sciences and as an up-to-date sourcebook for researchers in allied fields who need guidance into particular topics. As a text, the book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, and each of its ten chapters concludes with a short problem set. As a sourcebook, the largely self-contained topical chapters introduce basic concepts and provide bibliographic pathways through the current literature for professionals in such fields as remote sensing of the atmosphere by earth satellite monitoring, solar energy, and acid rain.Four chapters cover the atmospheric aerosol and cloud physics, and four cover the processes of radiative transfer. Extended treatment is given to these two broad groups of phenomena because they directly affect the structure and motions of the atmosphere.In addition, there is a chapter on optical phenomena in the atmosphere (including refraction, mirages, the rainbow, the glory, the corona, the heiligenschein) and one on atmospheric electricity (covering the electrical structure of the fair weather atmosphere, the several proposed theories of thunderstorm charging and a discussion of the lightning stroke).Henry Houghton, a past president of the American Meteorological Society and long-time head of the MIT meteorology department, is universally recognized as one of the leading authorities on the subject of physical meteorology. His book is the culmination of more than 30 years of research and teaching at MIT, where he is now professor emeritus. ... Read more

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This book contains tutorial and review articles as well as specific research letters that cover a wide range of topics: (1) dynamics of atmospheric variability from both basic theory and data analysis, (2) physical and mathematical problems in climate modeling and numerical weather prediction, (3) theories of atmospheric radiative transfer and their applications in satellite remote sensing, and (4) mathematical and statistical methods. The book can be used by undergraduates or graduate students majoring in atmospheric sciences, as an introduction to various research areas; and by researchers and educators, as a general review or quick reference in their fields of interest. ... Read more

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The Dawn of Massively Parallel Processing in Meteorology presents collected papers of the third workshop on this topic held at the European Centre of Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). It provides an insight into the state of the art in using parallel processors operationally, and allows extrapolation to other time-critical applications. It also documents the advent of massively parallel systems to cope with these applications. ... Read more

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Geosciences and, in particular, numerical weather prediction are demanding the highest levels of available computer power. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, with its experience in using supercomputers in this field, organizes every other year a workshop bringing together manufacturers, computer scientists, researchers and operational users to share their experiences and to learn about the latest developments. This volume provides an excellent overview of the latest achievements and plans for the use of new parallel techniques in the fields of meteorology, climatology and oceanography. ... Read more

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Aristotle's "Meterology Book 4" provides an account of the formation of minerals, metals and other homogeneous stuffs. In doing so, this text argues, it offers us fresh and important insights into Aristotle's conception of matter. The 15,000 pages of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constitute the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writing not translated into English or other European languages. This is a new series of translations, planned in 60 volumes which fills an important gap in the history of European thought. ... Read more

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Agricultural meteorology is concerned with the interactions between atmospheric/hydrological factors and agriculture, which in its widest sense includes animal husbandry, forestry, and horticulture.This volume is an up-to-date handbook and guide to this important field. After discussion of the fundamental aspects of the atmospheric, edaphic, and biotic components of the ecosystem, the methods of measuring the important variables are reviewed, with both direct and remote sensing and managing the data taken into account.Discussion of the various agricultural aspects follow, including hydrologic facets, reviews of optimum conditions for temperate and tropical crops as well as livestock, the relationship of pests and diseases to weather, and the role of the atmosphere in forest production.The final section explains weather services for agriculture, how to plan farm management in the light of weather information, the use of crop models, and how to modify existing climate.Economic implications are dealt with in relation to the futures market while the last chapter considers food security on many time and size scales to assist in long-term planning. ... Read more

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Metmen in Wartime is a detailed account of the meteorological services in practice in Canada during World War II. Why were forecasts so crucial during the war? For anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection operations from bases along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. But Metmen is also a thorough examination of the men behind the forecasts: the nearly 400 science graduates who became "metmen" and were stationed at flying training schools. This book explains the importance of aviation weather forecasts and instruction in meteorology for student pilots at the Royal Canadian Air Force stations established under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Cooperation with the United States military weather services is also examined. ... Read more

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Severe and Hazardous Weather
I looked everywhere for just the active learning exercises and this was the cheapest one out there from the few that I could find.It arrived on time and in perfect condition.I couldn't be more satisfied.

SEVERE AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER: AN INTRODUCTION TO HIGH IMPACT METEOROLOGY: ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISES
Purchase was great no real flaws in the transaction. It is best to have found the bar code numbers for the book before placing the order if you are purchasing as a class requirement. It ius very easy to purchase the worng edition of the book.

Doesn't say what edition!
I purchased this book without realizing I was buying the second edition which is no longer used in any of the colleges or universities I attend. The third edition is the only one in circulation and this company cleverly refrains from labeling which edition they are using. Although I am guilty of ignorantly ordering this book without checking on the edition... I give them a low rating because it took at least a week and a half to get the book, and they are are guilty of being shady with regards to how they advertise their book... even going so far as to not show the cover of the book. ... Read more