Cloud warriors : deadly storms, climate chaos - and the pioneers creating a revolution in weather forecasting /
A deeply reported and wide-ranging look at the people, and the technology, predicting and tracking weather in order to raise public awareness to keep one step ahead of extreme weather. For millennia, humans have tried to understand and predict the weather. In the 1950s and 60s, the Space Age helped...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2025].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : doing something about the weather
- Tornadoes : widening the window to find shelter
- Fire : watching the wind, stopping the sparks
- The local forecast : inside your everyday weather report
- Hyperlocal weather : the new possibilities of zooming in tight
- Extreme heat : how to thwart a silent killer
- Hurricanes : a planet-wide view to track deadly storms
- Seasonal forecasting : early warnings for droughts, floods, and famine
- Conclusion : doing even more about the weather.