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Informationen zum Autor Harold Gilliam is a former environmental columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. His previous books include The San Francisco Experience (1972), Above Yosemite (1983), and Above Carmel, Monterey, and Big Sur (1994). Klappentext "Harold Gilliam, California's premiere environmental journalist, never fails to bring the power and beauty of nature home to the most citified readers. In this eloquent little book he transforms the local climate into an entire ecological education."—Theodore Roszak, author of The Voice of the Earth "Ask Hal Gilliam, 'How's the weather out there?' and, as always, you get an eloquent, exciting and updated answer—this time, to journalism's most fascinating topic."—William German, Editor Emeritus, San Francisco Chronicle "In this enjoyable volume Harold Gilliam, a pre-eminent California nature writer, enlightens us about the weather in the San Francisco Bay region. He makes sometimes-abstruse concepts easily understandable and brings the vagaries and variations of Bay Area weather into sharp focus. The book should be of interest to the many Bay Area residents for whom weather is a matter of daily concern."—Edgar Wayburn, M.D., Honorary President of the Sierra Club Zusammenfassung Possibly no comparable area on earth displays as many varieties of weather simultaneously as the San Francisco Bay Region. This book provides the tools necessary for understanding the grand show of nature that takes place around the San Francisco Bay - from Napa Valley in the north to San Jose in the south. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2002 Edition Introduction The Weather Funnel The Subdivided Range Microclimates The Ocean of Air The Four Seasons Spring Summer Fall Winter Activities Some Definitions Is the Climate Changing? The Greenhouse The Ozone Layer El Niño La Niña Science and the Unknown Further Reading ...
