Lake Effect Tales of Large Lakes Arctic Winds and Recurrent Snows

Name: Lake Effect Tales of Large Lakes Arctic Winds and Recurrent Snows
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ISBN: 9780815610045

ISBN-10: 0815610041

ISBN-13: 9780815610045

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mark Monmonier

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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 water content of regular…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface



Recipe



Discovery



Prediction



Impacts



Records



Change



Place


Notes


Illustration Credits


Index