A Century of Weather Service
A History of the Birth and Growth of the National Weather Service, 1870-1970
Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-86283-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-86283-5 (ISBN)
First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America. The book discusses important themes and closes with a chronology of the meteorological milestones of the American weather services from 1644 to 1970.
First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America. It discusses important themes such as coping with disaster; American weather pioneers; a military weather service; The United States Weather Bureau; the air commerce age; weather in war; growth of a global weather service; calculated weather risks; the air we breathe; and one world of weather. The book closes with a chronology of the meteorological milestones of the American weather services from 1644 to 1970.
This is an important historical work for students of environmental geography and general readers interested in the topic.
First Published in 1970, A Century of Weather Service provides a comprehensive history of the birth and growth of the National Weather Service from 1870 to 1970 in America. It discusses important themes such as coping with disaster; American weather pioneers; a military weather service; The United States Weather Bureau; the air commerce age; weather in war; growth of a global weather service; calculated weather risks; the air we breathe; and one world of weather. The book closes with a chronology of the meteorological milestones of the American weather services from 1644 to 1970.
This is an important historical work for students of environmental geography and general readers interested in the topic.
Patrick Hughes, at the time of the publication of this book, was with Environmental Data Service, Environmental Science Services Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.
Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements Part I: American Original Part II: Growing Pains Part III: Weather in War Part IV: Today and Tomorrow Meteorological Milestones: Chronology of the American Weather Services, 1644- 1970
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Revivals |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 580 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-86283-1 / 1032862831 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-86283-5 / 9781032862835 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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