Author: Kathy FurgangPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426310587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
"Facts, photos, and fun that will blow your mind!"--Cover.
Author: Mary Kay CarsonWeather to Order
Author: A. L. SmithPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483454258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
From the Flight Engineer's station on board the Nimbus almost any kind of weather could be produced to order and order it was for purposes galore. Whether it is for fund raising, industrial sabotage or TV Dramas, it was available from Wythenshawe Weather Centre, and aboard the Nimbus it was the Flight Engineer who controlled it all. This is the third book on weather making by the author, the first being -'Making Rain and Other Things Is Our Business!' and the second, - 'A Clouds Life'. Tony Smith is a retired Further Education Lecturer and former RAFVR(T) and SCC RNR Officer. He has a wealth of experience of young people and all things flying. As a Bachelor of Education and former glider pilot, he is suitably qualified to waffle on about a lot of things. When Tony's head is not in the clouds he builds model aircraft and helps a local Brass band. Tony is married and has two daughters, two grand daughters and a grandson. He lives in Atherton, a former mining and mill town in the North West of England.
Author: NAHB Research FoundationThe Everything KIDS' Weather Book
Author: Joseph SnedekerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1507206674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Get ready for a 100% chance of scientific fun with The Everyting Kids’ Weather Book filled with hundreds of fun facts, puzzles, and games! Have you ever wondered what happens in the eye of a tornado or how hurricanes gain their strength? From lightning and snow-day blizzards to rainbows and monsoons, The Everything Kid’ Weather Book gives you an exciting look into all the action that happens in the sky, including: -The difference between cirrus and stratocumulus clouds -How meteorologists predict the weather -What the term “a perfect storm” means -How to build a weather station of your own -Why storms depend on how cold and warm fronts interact -How to create weather experiments at home -The effects of global warming on our planet Filled with hundreds of exciting facts and thirty fun weather puzzles and games, The Everything Kids’ Weather Book is perfect for finding out how a barometer works, which cloud is a nimbus cloud, what causes hailstorms—and everything in between!
All-Weather Fighters
Author: Gordon B. GreerPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595850227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Mr. Greer outlines the not well-known aircraft and activities of the United States Air Force's all-weather fighters during the first part of the Cold War. He covers the organization, development and decline of the all-weather force in response to the Soviet Union's long-range strategic bomber force equipped with atomic weapons. The author describes not only the individual aircraft from the early night fighters of World War II through the F-106A of the seventies and beyond but also the control organization that directed them until the whole operation was made superfluous by the ballistic missile standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in the latter half of the Cold War.
Weather Infographics
Author: Chris OxladePublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 141098916X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Infographics are simple and creative graphic representations of different numerical facts. This title features a variety of engaging infographics that teach readers all about the weather. Look through the pages to discover fascinating statistics about extreme weather, measuring the weather, and world climate.
BSCS Science TRACS G5 Inv. Weather Systems, TE
Author: Publisher: Kendall Hunt
ISBN: 9780787222888
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Four modules explore topics in physical science, earth and space science, life science, and science and technology with hands-on activities designed to engage students in the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design. Modules within a developmental level may be taught in any sequence.
Author: Douglas FlorianHeavy Weather Sailing 8th edition
Author: Martin ThomasPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472992598
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For over 50 years Heavy Weather Sailing has been regarded as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms at sea aboard sailing and motor vessels. In this book, former Commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club Martin Thomas brings together a wealth of expert advice from many of the great sailors of the present, including fresh accounts of yachts overtaken by extreme weather, from Ewan Southby-Tailyour, Alex Whitworth and Dag Pike to Larry and Lin Pardey, Matt Sheahan and Andrew Claughton. The expert advice section has been updated in line with current thinking, with major new additions tackling preventing or coping with lightning strikes, navigating in heavy weather with both paper and electronic charts, the choice and use of tenders in severe weather, and special problems faced by the new generation of foiled cruising boats. For the first time the book also covers the unique challenges presented by weather in high latitudes, with more yachts crossing the Drake Passage and attempting the North West Passage. These revisions ensure that Heavy Weather Sailing is as relevant, useful and instructive for today's sailor venturing offshore as it ever was. This is the definitive book for crews of any size contemplating voyages out of sight of land anywhere in the world, whether racing or cruising. It gives a clear message regarding the preparations required, and the tactics to consider when it comes on to blow.
