Climatology for airline pilots /
Climatology - particularly the study of difficult and demanding weather conditions - is of major importance to pilots now that aeroplanes fly over previously unavailable routes such as the North Pole and take direct routes over very large oceans. Existing books on climatology address physical, biolo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Science,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Climatology - particularly the study of difficult and demanding weather conditions - is of major importance to pilots now that aeroplanes fly over previously unavailable routes such as the North Pole and take direct routes over very large oceans. Existing books on climatology address physical, biological or cultural environments and do not supply adequate information for the pilot. Nor do the present books on aviation meteorology provide sufficient detail on subjects such as arid climates, tropical storms and upper tropospheric winds and temperatures. This new book concentrates on as. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470699041 0470699043 9780470698471 0470698470 1283858517 9781283858519 |