Extreme Weather and Climate
✍ Scribed by C. Donald Ahrens, Perry J. Samson
- Publisher
- Brooks Cole
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 527
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Written in down-to-earth style, vividly illustrated and full of technology support, this text will give you a broad scientific understanding of the forces of nature that are sometimes unleashed in such life-changing events as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and severe thunderstorms.
✦ Subjects
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Популярно о метеорологии и климатологии;
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