Scientific Classification Manual Weather and Climate

Author: Zhang Chunxi, Arabe
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: With the advancement of technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult for students and teachers to obtain direct and rapid answers to fundamental scientific and meteorological/climatological questions. Therefore, they will welcome the book "Science Classification Handbook: Ocean Science" published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishers. The "Science Classification Handbook" series covers the following disciplines: meteorology/climatology, biology, chemistry, earth science, ocean science, physics, space and astronomy, algebra, calculus, and geometry. It is an invaluable bilingual dictionary series organized systematically by discipline. U.S. FactsOnFile Publishers' "Science Classification Handbook: Meteorology/Climate" includes the following sections:
Terminology: The book contains over 2,200 entries, with many entries accompanied by simple illustrations to help explain their meanings. Topics include: the atmosphere, ways of atmospheric movement, wind chill, rain showers, temperature variations, and increases and decreases in temperature.
People: It introduces more than 100 scientists and meteorologists from ancient times to the present, whose discoveries have advanced human understanding and comprehension of weather and climate. These scientists include Aristotle, Andrew Sielis, Galileo, Galle, Jonas Plücker, Blaise Pascal, Jean Tennerre, and Martin von Lüneburg, among others.
Chronology: It spans over 2,000 years of the history of meteorology and climatology, including important events in the field: Galileo inventing the air thermometer (1593); Daniel Fahrenheit inventing the mercury thermometer (1752); Matthew Maury discovering the shape of storms (1842); using radar to obtain meteorological data (1949).