Exploring the Sky by Day: The Equinox Guide to Weather and the Atmosphere [SCM]
Offers fascinating insight into such phenomena as lightning, the ten types of clouds, storms, solar haloes, sundogs, and sunsets. With dozens of photographs and color illustrations, the book provides a nice introduction to weather and the atmosphere.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920656714
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 29
- Pages
- 72
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 6th
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Copyright
- 1988
- Written
- 1988
Chapters
- 1 The Atmosphere
- 2 Formation of Clouds
- 3 Types of Clouds
- 4 Cumulus Clouds
- 5 Stratus Clouds
- 6 Cirrus Clouds
- 7 Unusual Clouds
- 8 Types of Precipitation
- 9 Rain Formation
- 10 The Beauty of Rainbows
- 11 Snow and Snowstorms
- 12 Thunderstorms and Lightning
- 13 Air Currents
- 14 Weather Lore
- 15 Sky Colour
- 16 Haze and Humidity
- 17 Fog, Mist and Smog
- 18 Dew and Frost
- 19 Climate Zones
- 20 Haloes, Pillars and Sundogs
- 21 Airplane Window View
- 22 Sunset and Sun Shape
- 23 Earth Motions
- 24 Aurora Borealis
- 25 Moon Phases
- 26 Horizon Illusion
- 27 Hurricanes and Hail
- 28 Tornadoes and Waterspouts
- 29 Weather Forecasting
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