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Title The weather almanac [electronic resource] : a reference guide to weather, climate, and related issues in the United States and its key cities / Richard A. Wood, editor.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2004.

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 Axe Gale Reference E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 11th ed.
Description 1 online resource (xi, 820 p.) : ill., maps
Series Gale eBooks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- U.S weather in atlas format -- Summary of 2002 weather -- El Nino & La Nina -- Winter storms -- Heat & humidity -- Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Floods & flash floods -- Earthquakes -- Volcanic activity -- Air and water pollution -- Weather & climate of the millennium -- Natural disasters of the millennium -- Weather fundamentals -- Weather information & 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Meteorology -- United States -- Observations.
Air quality -- United States.
Climatology.
United States -- Climate -- Statistics.
United States -- Climate.
Added Author Wood, Richard A.
Gale (Firm)
Added Title Reference guide to weather, climate, and related issues in the United States and its key cities
Other Form: Print version: Weather almanac. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2004 0787675156
ISBN 9780787691424 (electronic book)
0787691429 (electronic book)
0787675156

 
    
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