Lake Effect - Tales of Large Lakes Arctic Winds and Recurrent Snows

Informationen zum Autor Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. He is the author of fifteen books, including How to Lie with Maps; Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather; Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy; and Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change. Klappentext Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, this charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the way, it introduces readers to natural philosophers who gradually identified this distinctive weather pattern, to tales of communities adapting to notoriously disruptive storms, and to some of the snowiest regions of the US.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Monmonier
• Editore: Syracuse University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9780815610045
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-1004-5
• Pagine: 246
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie