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Title The weather almanac : a reference guide to weather, climate, and related issues in the United States and its key cities / Richard A. Wood, editor
Edition 11th ed
Published Detroit : Gale Group, 2004
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 820 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Gale virtual reference library
Gale virtual reference library.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- U.S weather in atlas format -- Summary of 2002 weather -- El Nino and La Nina -- Winter storms -- Heat and humidity -- Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Floods and flash floods -- Earthquakes -- Volcanic activity -- Air and water pollution -- Weather and climate of the millennium -- Natural disasters of the millennium -- Weather fundamentals -- Weather information and communication -- Record-setting weather -- Round-the-world weather -- Local climatological data reports (arranged by state) -- Glossary of weather terms -- Further resources -- General index
Summary The almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country, including 33 U.S. weather atlas maps
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 805-806) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Air quality -- United States.
Climatology.
Meteorology -- United States -- Observations
Air quality.
Climatology.
Meteorology.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
SUBJECT United States -- Climate -- Statistics
United States -- Climate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139970
Subject United States.
Genre/Form Observations.
Statistics.
Form Electronic book
Author Wood, Richard A.
ISBN 0787675156
0787691429
9780787675158
9780787691424