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3) Weather
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Photographs and text depict different aspects of weather and how it is forecast.
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In The Weather Machine, Andrew Blum takes readers on a journey to understand how the weather forecast works. He visits old weather stations and watches new satellites blast off. He follows the dogged efforts of scientists to create a supercomputer model of the atmosphere and traces the history of the algorithms that power their work. Our tools allow us to predict weather more accurately than ever, yet we haven't learned to trust them. Nor can we...
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Explains the scientific basics of how the weather works, introducing some of the leaders in the field of meteorlogy; takes a detailed look at various kinds of weather such as floods and droughts, snow and ice, tornadoes, and hurricanes; and includes information on weather predicting and the Greenhouse effect.
9) Weather
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[1993]
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Explores the causes, changing patterns, and forecasting of weather.
11) Beautiful chaos
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Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devasting storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence. Co-author is Margaret Stohl.
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"Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel - Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey."--Amazon.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 108
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1967.
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It is shown that a general class of nonlinear partial differential equations -- including those frequently used in predicting atmospheric motions -- can be converted to computational form by either the "finite difference" or "spectral" method to yield formally identical equations.
14) Weather
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Discusses such elements of weather as clouds, wet air, frost, ice, wind, and air pressure. Includes some projects.
15) Analysis of data on hailfalls as background for the design of an experiment in hail modification
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Civil engineering report volume 63-35
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[1963]
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Lightning catcher volume 4
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[2016]
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In order to throw Dankhart off their trail, Angus, Dougal, and Indigo go into hiding, but when they discover the existence of blue dragon scales that would allow a storm prophet to control multiple fire dragons, Angus and his friends go on a quest to locate all four scales.
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Lightning catcher volume 2
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[2014]
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When Scabious Dankhart engineers an outbreak of deadly spores called Ice Diamonds, causing chaos and illness, twelve-year-old Angus, who can predict and control catastrophic weather, and his school chums must find the legendary Lightning Heart--a stone of great power--in order to put everything right.
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Lightning catcher volume 1
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[2013]
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When eleven-year-old Angus McFangus learns that he is a storm prophet, someone who can predict and control catastrophic weather, he must stop the villainous Scabious Dankhart from unleashing an unending storm and achieving world domination.