Peterson Field Guide to Weather by Jay Anderson

Peterson Field Guide to Weather

Jay Anderson, John A. Day, Jay M. Pasachoff

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 24, 2021

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Who it’s for
Explore how energy and moisture shape daily weather, from cloud patterns to storms and climate change.
Themes
Clouds and atmospheric phenomena, Storms and severe weather, How weather develops across landscapes
Genres
Weather, Meteorology & Climatology, Climate Change

About this book

A field guide to the weather, including clouds, storm systems, and climate change A resource for those intrigued by events in the sky—clouds, precipitation, storms, aurora, halos—and for those who follow daily weather events. Using a nontechnical approach, the authors describe the flow of energy and moisture through global and local landscapes and how they evolve into day-to-day weather.

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For those fascinated by the sky’s colors and patterns, there are halos, rainbows, iridescent clouds, and other tapestries in the sky. For the cloud-watcher, common and unusual cloud forms are covered; for those entranced by storms, the guide includes severe thunderstorms, winter blizzards, hurricanes, hail, ice storms, and other challenges that the atmosphere inflicts. It even includes a chapter on weather in the atmospheres of the planets and the sun. More than 400 photographs illustrate visible weather, and diagrams explain the more challenging physical concepts. This book is designed for those who want to look up, marvel, and understand what they see.

Weather in the Sky

Explore how energy and moisture shape daily weather, from cloud patterns to storms and climate change.

Come here for

  • Cloud forms, sky colors, halos, rainbows, and aurora
  • Storms, climate change, and weather beyond Earth

Expect

  • A nontechnical account of weather across global and local landscapes
  • More than 400 photographs, with diagrams for challenging physical concepts

Where it sits

Meteorology & Climatology85%
Weather59%
Climate Change55%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Nature Resources
  • Stargazing & Sky Watching
  • Weather
  • Wilderness & Wild Places
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  • Landscape Photography
  • General Reference
  • Astrophysics
  • Meteorology & Climatology
Authors
Jay Anderson, John A. Day, Jay M. Pasachoff
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 24, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Clouds and atmospheric phenomena · Storms and severe weather · How weather develops across landscapes
Reading lane
Nature Resources