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2) Weather
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text depict different aspects of weather and how it is forecast.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In The Weather Machine, Andrew Blum takes readers on a journey to understand how the weather forecast works. He visits old weather stations and watches new satellites blast off. He follows the dogged efforts of scientists to create a supercomputer model of the atmosphere and traces the history of the algorithms that power their work. Our tools allow us to predict weather more accurately than ever, yet we haven't learned to trust them. Nor can we...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 8
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study such storms as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.
9) Weather
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Go on a whirlwind tour of Earth's turbulent atmosphere and reveals the forces that make the day fair or foul. From hurricane to heat wave, weather is the most closely watched wild card in nature.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
Revealing what creates those unexpected snow days and the rain at recess, this activity guide goes beyond mere forecasting and reporting to thoroughly address children's curiosities about the world's weather. The process of how wind, sun, and water combine to form certain conditions is explored, and the reasons why weather reaches extreme levels--and what this means for each climate--are also explained in detail. Featuring 25 hands-on projects, this...
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Series
Atmospheric science paper volume no. 108
Pub. Date
1967.
Description
It is shown that a general class of nonlinear partial differential equations -- including those frequently used in predicting atmospheric motions -- can be converted to computational form by either the "finite difference" or "spectral" method to yield formally identical equations.
13) Weather
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses such elements of weather as clouds, wet air, frost, ice, wind, and air pressure. Includes some projects.
14) Analysis of data on hailfalls as background for the design of an experiment in hail modification
Author
Series
Civil engineering report volume 63-35
Pub. Date
[1963]
18) Snow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of snow.
19) Wind
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of wind.