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Lake Effect: Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows
Mark Monmonier
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Description for Lake Effect: Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the way, he 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 country. Characterized by intense snowfalls lasting from a couple of minutes to several days, lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively warm inland lake. With perhaps only half the ... Read more
Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the way, he 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 country. Characterized by intense snowfalls lasting from a couple of minutes to several days, lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively warm inland lake. With perhaps only half the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610045
SKU
V9780815610045
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