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In easily understandable prose and through the use of true stories of exploration, "Why the Wind Blows" looks at how these adventures were influenced by the weather and man's ignorance of its consequences. The science of meteorology is gently interspersed throughout the text, so that with the influence of modern civilization on the changing climate and its world-altering consequences, the author challenges the reader to take action now to alter the effects of global warming on future generations. ... Read more

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We need to start thinking for the future..
Are you concerned about what is going to happen to our world as we know it? In the last few years especially, the weather patterns all over the country have been so erratic, no one has really been able to predict the activity accurately. The author of this book, Matthys Levy, uses simple words and true stories of the past that were effected by weather to get the readers attention as to what is happening to the world. From Magellan's 38-day adventure to the Unsinkable Titanic to the flooding in the Midwest (did you know nine time more people die in floods then hurricanes or earthquakes?), Levy describes how the weather effected many areas of our history. What really is causing Global Warming?? The 6 million people in the world, the way we create energy, weather and all the other reason the author gives are high on the list of many that is causing our world to fit back at us. The scariest fact I have seen are the ice caps melting. Seeing the photos from years past and now makes you wonder what our world is going to be like in 10-15 years.

I would recommend this book for all ages to read. You will get a better idea of what we are facing in the years to come if we don't start taking better care of our world.

Needed to be better edited
Poorly written and disjointed, this book does at least have some interesting historical stories to tell.With the help of a good editor, it's possible Levy could have told them well.

However, the book has significant problems.Touted as a science book, it alternates between English and metric measurements, sometimes given one and sometimes both, and sometimes using terms of measurement like "mps" without defining whether the author means miles, meters, or some other unit.

The author seems to somewhat confuse issues related more to geography than to climate or weather.The stories related to the Titanic and to Stanley and Livinstone make little case that is related to global warming or global weather patterns as opposed to local geography and climate, for example.

There are no citations, no sources given for almost any claims or statistics, and there are terms in bold throughout the book with no glossary or definitions to explain them.

Furthermore, Levy makes claims of world-wide change based on single event anecdotes, all the while jumping around in chronology and topic without much coherence.

In this day of advanced graphics, there is no reason why the diagrams and illustrations should be hand drawn, hand lettered, and not always directly related to the text.

I am reasonably well-versed in global warming science and concerns, and they frighten me a great deal; I am not trying to dismiss what Levy is conveying.I only wish he had done it better to get his desired message across to readers in a more compelling, more coherent, and more authoritative.

A fascinating education on the science of weather
Not long ago, meteorology seemed like a science topic that is important only for those who predict weather for government agencies or TV forecasts. Now, a basic understanding of the science of weather is crucial in order to discuss global warming, which may be the greatest threat to the future of life on Earth as we now know it.

Matthys Levy's previous books have helped us to understand other human disasters--the collapse of buildings, including the horrors of 9/11--and the devastation of earthquakes. Once again, in a science book that is actually fun to read, he helps us to understand basic science, demonstrating the historical effects of weather on human endeavors and the challenges we now face. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Instrument Business Outlook, published by Strategic Directions International Inc. (SDI) on November 15, 2009. The length of the article is 855 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Instruments weather harsh environment.
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Instrument Business Outlook (Newsletter)
Date: November 15, 2009
Publisher: Strategic Directions International Inc. (SDI)
Volume: 18Issue: 15Page: 1(2)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 700 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hotter heat waves foreseen: climate change may lead to worse weather.(Environment)
Author: Cynthia G. Wagner
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 38Issue: 6Page: 7(2)

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This book presents a coherent survey of modelling in climatology and the environment and the mathematical treatment of those problems. It is divided into 4 parts containing a total of 16 chapters. Parts I, II and III are devoted to general models and Part IV to models related to some local problems. Most of the mathematical models considered here involve systems of nonlinear partial differential equations. The mathematical treatment covers a large range of subjects: existence and uniqueness of well-posed problems, long time behaviour, stability, bifurcation, diagrams of equilibria, conditions for the occurrence of interfaces or free boundaries, numerical algorithms and their implementation, controllability of the problems etc. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A new marine weather manual, includes the Strait of Georgia, the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Juan de Fuca Strait, and surrounding areas. ... Read more

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Local knowledge
This book is an excellent compilation of local knowledge on how macro weather patterns affect local areas of Georgia Strait.An essential introduction and onboard resource for all boaters in the area. ... Read more

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The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology--power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies--are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are also generally well understood. Less well documented and understood, however, are the potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather.

As a first step toward determining the socioeconomic impacts of extreme space weather events and addressing the questions of space weather risk assessment and management, a public workshop was held in May 2008. The workshop brought together representatives of industry, the government, and academia to consider both direct and collateral effects of severe space weather events, the current state of the space weather services infrastructure in the United States, the needs of users of space weather data and services, and the ramifications of future technological developments for contemporary society's vulnerability to space weather. The workshop concluded with a discussion of un- or underexplored topics that would yield the greatest benefits in space weather risk management.
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The serious, rational side to the 2012 discussion
Many people scoff that 2012 is nothing special ... that it just happens to coincide with a Mayan red letter date.What the scientists are saying in this report is that solar maximum on Cycle 24 could end up being momentous because our electronic society can't buy enough surge protection for a Coronal Mass Ejection leading to a Carrington Event.Unfortunately, they are probably correct.Very few of us live in self-sufficient homes orcommunities.Unless you're Amish or a self-prophessed Luddite, this is a great read on what the future could hold for us.Keep your candles handy. ... Read more

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Written by the author, the Workbook and Study Guide reinforce concepts you learn in METEOROLOGY TODAY, Ninth Edition. Each chapter contains a summary of the text, a list of important concepts, self-tests with answers (which include multiple choice, true/false, matching, short answer, and/or fill in the blank), and a list of additional readings. ... Read more

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Not specific
We looking for the actual textbook and saw that this had the same picture on the front and thought it was a paperback version of the same book.It did not state anywhere that it was a workbook that we could find.So, we got the book and found that it was the workbook and not the textbook.We kept it to help with homework, but overall, we wish we would have known before we bought it. ... Read more

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Climate change will increasingly have dramatic impacts on migratory species from whales and dolphins to birds and turtles. According to this report, around a fifth of bird species could be affected by rising sea levels, erosion and greater wave action linked with climate change. Unchecked, climate change will pile on more pressure making it increasingly difficult for the world to meet the 2010 targetto reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. The report argues that conserving and more sustainably managing biodiversity in a climatically- changed world, is of the highest economic importance and important in the fight against poverty as well. ... Read more

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A061114. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Wireless local area networks (WLAN) are increasingly important in meeting the needs of the next generation broadband wireless communication systems for both commercial and military applications. In 1999, the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a working group approved a standard for a 5 GHz band WLAN that supports a variable bit rate from 6 to 54 Mbps, and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) was chosen because of its well-known ability to avoid multipath effects while achieving high data rates by combining a high order sub-carrier modulation with a high rate convolutional code. This thesis investigates the performance of the OFDM based IEEE. 802. 11a WLAN standard in frequency-selective, slowly fading Nakagami channels in a pulsed-noise jamming environment. Contrary to expectations, the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) required to achieve a specific P does not monotonically decrease when the bit rate decreases. Furthermore, the results show that the performance is improved significantly by adding convolutional coding with Viterbi% decoding, and thus highlights the importance of forward error correction (FEC) coding to the performance of wireless communications systems. ... Read more