National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather: North America (National Audubon Society Field Guides)
(Part of the National Audubon Society Field Guides Series)
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Book Overview
The ultimate gift for weather enthusiasts: incredibly comprehensive yet portable enough for your day pack, the definitive field guide to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Vinyl Bound
Language:English
ISBN:0679408517
ISBN13:9780679408512
Release Date:October 1991
Publisher:Knopf
Length:656 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:7.7" x 1.0" x 4.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Required Reading For All Pilots
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
What I find very valuable about this book is the fact that it is loaded with illustrations of different kinds of meteorological phenomena. For a pilot, it is important to understand what sort of weather you are going to be flying into. If you don't spend a lot of time studying meteorology, it can be difficult to conceptualize what kind of cloud formation is ahead of you. Some of the pilots' literature have rather weak illustrations. This book is an excellent supplement to any pilot's training manual in providing visual aids for learning about spotting weather phenomnena. Also, in general, it is very enjoyable to page through the book, as the quality of photography is very good.
Very Good Guide
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
At first, I didn't think this book would be very good. After perusing it, I changed my mind and bought a copy for myself. It has a lot of weather stuff and a good amount of different clouds and material on lightning. It is the traditional Audubon format (plates in the middle and text in the first and last sections of the book). Good enough for my dough.
Very good, even if you live outside the US
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I ordered this book after reading other peoples reviews. Something in particular I was looking for was information about clouds (types/formations, significance). This book has exactly the information I was looking for (and more); detailed information about clouds - including hunderds of pictures - allow me to identify and name the different cloud types. It also explains very well how this all relates to the overall weather situation.Although the book is targetted towards North American weather, I did not find this a major disadvantage. Weather situations in the US and Canada are mostly used as examples, and knowing the general European situation, information is easily put into context.When ordering I was a little bit worried this was one more popular weather book with the standard stuff. No sir! This book definitely also serves the more serious weather observer.Recommended!
Best weather reference book ever!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is a wonderful, easy-to-use tool for amateur and professional meteorologists alike! The pictures are fabulous, and when cross-referenced with the text, they make learning about our weather fun and informative!
Great for the wanna be meteorologist!!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Any weather observer knows that a weather book with pictures, which also describes what they are seeing, is hard to come by. This books allows the observer to locate a particular cloud type or weather phenomon by picuture instead of just a written description. Then with the flip of a page, and the help of a few subcripted numbers a person can look up what they are actually observing. This book is a wonderful tool of written knowledge for the weather curious person.
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