Here is an authoritative new edition of A Dictionary of Weather
containing almost 2000 definitions of weather, forecasting, and climate
terms with clear explanations and illustrative examples. This fully
updated edition includes 300 new and revised entries, such as A-Train
Pineapple Express and Watermelon Snow, and added feature entries
highlighting actual occurrences of extreme weather including the Indian
Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. With black and white photos and
satellite images to show weather systems, as well as recommended
websites for further reading, this reference work is the most
comprehensive of its kind. Find out where and when the world's largest
hailstone fell or where the highest temperature was recorded using the
list of weather records, and check climate data for different weather
types from around the world. Key terms from the related fields of
oceanography, hydrology, and climatology are also covered as well as
biographical information on important
people in the development of meteorology. An essential reference for
meteorology and geography students, at school or university, as well as
amateur meteorologists, general readers, and all those obsessed with the
weather.