| Edition |
First edition |
| Descript |
x, 207 pages : illustration ; 23 cm |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
unmediated n |
| Carrier |
volume nc |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Summary |
"Takes readers on a fascinating journey through an everyday miracle. In a quest to understand how the forecast works, he visits old weather stations and watches new satellites blast off. He follows the dogged efforts of scientists to create a supercomputer model of the atmosphere and traces the surprising history of the algorithms that power their work. He discovers that we have quietly entered a golden age of meteorology -- our tools allow us to predict weather more accurately than ever, and yet we haven't learned to trust them, nor can we guarantee the fragile international alliances that allow our modern weather machine to exist."--Dust flap |
| Subject |
Weather forecasting
|
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Meteorology
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| ISBN |
9780062368614 |
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0062368613 |
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