Great Plains Weather

"A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska."

List of contents

List of Illustrations    
Introduction: My Road to the Great Plains    
1. The Heartland of Weather and Climate Extremes    
2. Thunderstorms and Lightning on the Great Plains    
3. Hail-Producing Storms on the Great Plains    
4. Snowstorms and Ice Storms    
5. The Endless Cycle from Droughts to Floods    
6. Tornadoes on the Great Plains    
7. I “Heart” the Great Plains    
Bibliography    
Great Plains Weather and Climate Internet Resources    
Index    

About the author

Kenneth F. Dewey is a professor of applied climate science at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He won the 2018 National Weather Association’s Public Education Award.
 

Summary

The weather of the Great Plains is extreme and highly variable, from floods to droughts, blizzards to tornadoes. In Great Plains Weather Kenneth Dewey explains what makes this region's climate unique by presenting a historical climatology of extreme weather events.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth F Dewey, Kenneth F. Dewey
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781496215499
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1549-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Discover the Great Plains; Discover the Great Plains
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous