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Indiana's weather and climate / John E. Oliver.

Title
Indiana's weather and climate / John E. Oliver.
Author
Oliver, John E.
Publication
Bloomington : Quarry Books/Indiana University Press, c2009.

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Description
ix, 175 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Indiana natural science
Uniform Title
Indiana natural science.
Subject
  • Weather
  • Climatology
  • Weather
  • Indiana > Climate
Genre/Form
Internet resource.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-170) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
WHY THE SEASONS?: Sun and earth -- Clouds -- Precipitation -- Air in motion -- SPRING: Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes: formation and characteristics -- Indiana tornadoes / S.C. Pryor -- Thunder, lightning, and hail -- Extremes 1: floods -- Extremes 2: drought -- People and summer -- FALL: A quiet transition season -- Air quality / S.C. Pryor and A.M. Spaulding -- Emissions of air pollutants in the Midwestern USA -- WINTER: The continental location -- Winter precipitation -- The lake effect / Craig Clark -- Cold weather -- Some recent severe winters -- MONITORING THE WEATHER: Weather sayings / Ronald L. Baker -- The national weather service / John Kwiatkowski -- The cooperative weather program / Roger Kenyon -- INDIANA'S PRESENT CLIMATE-THE LARGER VIEW: Connecting climates -- El Nino and La Nina -- ENSO and Indiana Climate/ Greg Bierly -- The Midwestern regional climate center / Kenneth E. Kunkel.
ISBN
  • 9780253220561 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253220564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008034834
OCLC
  • 243602054
  • SCSB-9910317
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library