Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems
Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems

Author: Pravas Mahapatra

Publisher: IET

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780852969373

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Focusing on radar-based surveillance, this book has been written to provide a comprehensive introduction to the science, sensors and systems that form modern aviation weather surveillance systems.

Lightning
Lightning

Author: Vladimir A. Rakov

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-01-08

Total Pages: 1485

ISBN-13: 1107268559

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Lightning: Physics and Effects is the first book that covers essentially all aspects of lightning, including lightning physics, lightning protection and the interaction of lightning with a variety of objects and systems as well as with the environment. It is written in a style that will be accessible to the technical non-expert and is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects. This will include physicists, engineers working in the power, communications, computer and aviation industries, meteorologists, atmospheric chemists, foresters, ecologists, physicians working in the area of electrical trauma and architects. This comprehensive reference volume contains over 300 illustrations, 70 tables containing quantitative information and a bibliography of more than 6000 references.

Synoptic-dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Observations and theory of weather systems
Synoptic-dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Observations and theory of weather systems

Author: Howard B. Bluestein

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 9780195062687

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Synoptic meteorology, the study of large-scale weather systems and forecasting using observation, and dynamic meteorology, the study of the laws of physics involved in air movement, are treated in this major new text in two volumes. The author, a meteorologist noted for his research on tornadoes and severe storms, based his work on material he has taught for the past 14 years at the University of Oklahoma. There are no modern texts on the topic. Volume II covers the formation, motion and climatology of extratropical weather systems in the context of the quasigeostrophic theory and "IPV" thinking, the formation and structure of fronts and jets, applications of semigeostrophic theory, and the observed structure and dynamics of precipitation systems in midlatitudes.

Weathering the Psalms
Weathering the Psalms

Author: Steve A. Wiggins

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 163087731X

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The weather is all around us all the time. From ancient times people have attributed the weather to the work of the gods. Ancient Israel shared this perception. The book of Psalms reflects theologically significant views on the weather that have not, until now, been fully explored. In this meteorological survey of the Psalms, whimsically called "meteorotheology," every reference to the weather is translated in accordance with the known climate and weather of ancient Israel. Each verse is discussed with particular attention to the function of the weather in the hymnal of ancient Israel. This book will be a resource for translators, clergy, and scholars with an interest in how the weather impacted religious outlooks in ancient Israel. Readers will learn that some expected associations, such as thunder and lightning, did not influence Israelite views on the natural world in the same way that they do today. Yahweh was God of the weather, and the Psalms frequently use this paradigm as a reason for both praise and fear of the Lord.