The Sailor's Book of Weather

Simon Keeling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2008
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-99803-8 (ISBN)

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Introducing key principles that influence the weather, this guide gives sailors the tools to forecast from observations and the available information. Wind, clouds and weather patterns are all covered, arming mariners with the knowledge required to predict the weather accurately. Illustrated with charts and beautiful photographs, this book is a must for anyone who ventures onto the water, whatever your boat, experience or sailing location.

Simon Keeling has done stints as a TV weather man on all the main UK networks, but now spends more time writing about the weather, running weather courses for TV weather presenters, pilots and sailors, as well as running his own weather company. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and has a Master of Science Degree in Applied Meteorology & Climatology from the University of Birmingham.

Introduction to weather; Workings of the weather; Practical forecasting; Hazards; Where to get weather information; Appendix: Charts for you to draw; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.4.2008
Zusatzinfo	111 Diagrams; 58 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 210 mm
Gewicht	332 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-470-99803-2 / 0470998032
ISBN-13	978-0-470-99803-8 / 9780470998038
Zustand	Neuware