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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mass, Cliff. Weather of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008 (OCoLC)646850817 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cliff Mass |
| ISBN: | 9780295988474 0295988479 |
| OCLC Number: | 225872619 |
| Notes: | "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book." |
| Description: | x, 280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | The extraordinary weather of the Pacific Northwest -- The basics of Pacific Northwest weather -- Floods -- Snowstorms and ice storms -- Windstorms -- Sea breezes, land breezes, and slope winds -- Coastal weather features -- Mountain-related weather phenomena -- Weather features of the inland Northwest -- Blue holes, flying ferries, and tornadoes -- The challenge of Pacific Northwest weather prediction -- The evolving weather of the Pacific Northwest -- Reading the Pacific Northwest skies. |
| Responsibility: | Cliff Mass. |
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"Cliff Mass has written an excellent, clear and comprehensive survey of weather in this region covering the origin and incidence of all major weather phenomena in the Northwest from rain to wind to snow to drought to optical illusions. Weather, as Cliff makes abundantly clear, is not just a source of griping or amusement or awe in this region, but often a life and death matter." David Laskin, author of Rains All the Time and The Children's Blizzard "The book uniquely includes solid scientific rigor in explanations that help to unravel the many mysteries and curiosities of the weather in the Pacific Northwest. It provides an unsurpassed opportunity to interested laypersons and weather enthusiasts to learn not only about the many weather events that occur in the Northwest but also to understand the meteorological principles that are at the root of their existence." Brad Colman, NOAA/National Weather Service Read more...
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