Living with Weather Along the British Columbia Coast: The Veil of Chaos

Name: Living with Weather Along the British Columbia Coast: The Veil of Chaos
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ISBN: 9780660189840

ISBN-10: 0660189844

ISBN-13: 9780660189840

Edition: N/A

Authors: Owen S. Lange

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List price: $29.95
Publisher: Gordon Soules Book Publishers
Pages: 198
Size: 6.50" wide x 7.80" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.924

Weather imagination
Experiencing the phenomena of weather	p. 1
A global picture	p. 12
The cycle of the year	p. 23
Weather systems
Coastal effects	p. 37
Highs, lows, fronts, and ridges	p. 47
The four winds
Pressure-slope explanation	p. 61
Easterly	p. 66
Northerly	p. 76
Southerly	p. 85
Westerly	p. 89
Coastal lows--all directions	p. 97
Regional weather guides
General weather conditions	p. 105
South Coast
Georgia Basin
Chatham Point to Port Hardy
North Vancouver Island
West Vancouver Island
North Coast
Open waters
Queen Charlotte Islands
Northern mainland coast
Appendix
Observations/Marine weather forecasts	p. 191
Weather maps	p. 192
Satellite pictures	p. 193
Wind speed from weather maps	p. 194
Wave heights	p. 195
Beaufort wind scale	p. 196
Freezing spray/References	p. 197
People who shared marine weather knowledge	p. 198
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