How Weather Works

New Horizons

How Weather Works

Understanding the Elements

  1. René Chaboud
  2. Translated by I. Mark Paris
  • ISBN 9780500300619
  • 17.70 x 12.50 cm
  • Paperback
  • 160pp
  • Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
  • First published 1996
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Where do weather forecasters get their information?
How do clouds form?
Why do we get rain, drizzle, hail or snow?
How do weather kites and balloons work?

This intriguing book takes us behind the scenes to explore the evolution of meteorology and weather prediction and examines our quest to control the elements.

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