Gooley, Tristan,
The secret world of weather : how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower. - 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Two worlds -- The secret laws -- The talk of the skies -- Who changed the air? -- How to feel the wind -- Dew and frost -- Rain -- A bloodhound in the woods -- Hail and snow -- Fog -- Cloud secrets -- Thirsting for signs: an interlude -- The local winds -- The trees -- Plants, fungi, and lichens -- The hoodoos: an interlude -- The city -- The coast -- The animals -- Storms -- The celestial and the sublime -- Our weather.
"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--
9781615197545 9781615191482 1615197540
2021001387
Weather forecasting.
The secret world of weather : how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower. - 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Two worlds -- The secret laws -- The talk of the skies -- Who changed the air? -- How to feel the wind -- Dew and frost -- Rain -- A bloodhound in the woods -- Hail and snow -- Fog -- Cloud secrets -- Thirsting for signs: an interlude -- The local winds -- The trees -- Plants, fungi, and lichens -- The hoodoos: an interlude -- The city -- The coast -- The animals -- Storms -- The celestial and the sublime -- Our weather.
"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--
9781615197545 9781615191482 1615197540
2021001387
Weather forecasting.