Peterson Field Guide To Weather
A field guide to the weather, including clouds, storm systems, and climate change

A resource for those intrigued by events in the sky—clouds, precipitation, storms, aurora, halos—and for those who follow daily weather events. Using a nontechnical approach, the authors describe the flow of energy and moisture through global and local landscapes and how they evolve into day-to-day weather. For those fascinated by the sky’s colors and patterns, there are halos, rainbows, iridescent clouds, and other tapestries in the sky. For the cloud-watcher, common and unusual cloud forms are covered; for those entranced by storms, the guide includes severe thunderstorms, winter blizzards, hurricanes, hail, ice storms, and other challenges that the atmosphere inflicts. It even includes a chapter on weather in the atmospheres of the planets and the sun. More than 400 photographs illustrate visible weather, and diagrams explain the more challenging physical concepts. This book is designed for those who want to look up, marvel, and understand what they see.
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Peterson Field Guide To Weather
A field guide to the weather, including clouds, storm systems, and climate change

A resource for those intrigued by events in the sky—clouds, precipitation, storms, aurora, halos—and for those who follow daily weather events. Using a nontechnical approach, the authors describe the flow of energy and moisture through global and local landscapes and how they evolve into day-to-day weather. For those fascinated by the sky’s colors and patterns, there are halos, rainbows, iridescent clouds, and other tapestries in the sky. For the cloud-watcher, common and unusual cloud forms are covered; for those entranced by storms, the guide includes severe thunderstorms, winter blizzards, hurricanes, hail, ice storms, and other challenges that the atmosphere inflicts. It even includes a chapter on weather in the atmospheres of the planets and the sun. More than 400 photographs illustrate visible weather, and diagrams explain the more challenging physical concepts. This book is designed for those who want to look up, marvel, and understand what they see.
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Peterson Field Guide To Weather

Peterson Field Guide To Weather

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A field guide to the weather, including clouds, storm systems, and climate change

A resource for those intrigued by events in the sky—clouds, precipitation, storms, aurora, halos—and for those who follow daily weather events. Using a nontechnical approach, the authors describe the flow of energy and moisture through global and local landscapes and how they evolve into day-to-day weather. For those fascinated by the sky’s colors and patterns, there are halos, rainbows, iridescent clouds, and other tapestries in the sky. For the cloud-watcher, common and unusual cloud forms are covered; for those entranced by storms, the guide includes severe thunderstorms, winter blizzards, hurricanes, hail, ice storms, and other challenges that the atmosphere inflicts. It even includes a chapter on weather in the atmospheres of the planets and the sun. More than 400 photographs illustrate visible weather, and diagrams explain the more challenging physical concepts. This book is designed for those who want to look up, marvel, and understand what they see.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780547133317
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 08/24/2021
Series: Peterson Field Guides
Pages: 552
Product dimensions: 4.70(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

JAY ANDERSON is a meteorologist, formerly with the Meteorological Service of Environment Canada. He lives in Winnipeg. 


JOHN A. DAY was a weather forecaster, a professor of physics and meteorology, a researcher studying cloud physics, and an author of college texts on weather.


Jay M. Pasachoff (1943-2022) was the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Williams College. He is the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets, as well as numerous textbooks and trade books on astronomy, weather, and more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 The Atmosphere 13

2 Clouds and Precipitation 59

3 An Atlas of Clouds 97

4 Unusual Clouds 145

5 A View from the Air 187

6 Weather Satellites 197

7 Winds 213

8 Airmasses, Fronts, and Weather Systems 305

9 Extreme Weather 337

10 Atmospheric Optics 391

11 The Historical Foundations of Meteorology 443

Appendix: Atmospheres of Planets, Moons, and Exoplanets 481

Glossary 492

References 511

Photo and Source Credits 514

Additional Figure Captions 516

Index 518

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