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008    190409s2019    nyua     b    001 0 eng d 
020    9780062368614 
020    0062368613 
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092    551.63 B658 
100 1  Blum, Andrew,|eauthor 
245 14 The weather machine :|ba journey inside the forecast /
       |cAndrew Blum 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York :|bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
       |c[2019] 
300    x, 207 pages :|billustration ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "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 
650  0 Weather forecasting  
650  0 Meteorology  
910    cpc