Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
48 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm |
Series |
Graphic careers |
Note |
Includes glossary. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p 47) and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.47) and index. |
Contents |
Hurricane hunters -- Tornado chasers -- Jeffrey Masters, flight director, Hurricane Hunter 42 -- Roger Edwards, tornado chaser, National Weather Service -- Tim Samaras, tornado chaser -- How to become a storm chaser. |
Summary |
This book allows the reader to go behind the scenes with two meteorologists, who gathered information during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and the tornado outbreak in Oklahoma in 1999, and with an electrical engineer, who designed a probe to accurately record the environment inside a twister. |
Audience |
5678 Childrens Plus, Inc. |
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1060 Lexile. |
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Y Fountas and Pinnell. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 0.5 121020. |
Subject |
Edwards, Roger -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Masters, Jeffrey -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Samaras, Tim -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Aeronautics in meteorology -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Meteorologists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Occupations -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Storms -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Added Author |
Garofoalo, Gianluca, ill.
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Added Title |
Hurricane hunters and tornado chasers |
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Hurricane hunters and tornado chasers |
ISBN |
1404214585 |
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1404214593 (pbk.) |
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1404214798 |
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9781404214583 |
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9781404214590 (pbk.) |
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9781404214798 (set) |
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