A Century of Weather Service

A Century of Weather Service
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781040136553
ISBN-13 : 1040136559
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Book Synopsis A Century of Weather Service by : Patrick Hughes

Download or read book A Century of Weather Service written by Patrick Hughes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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