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A Century of Weather Service: A History of the Birth and Growth of the National Weather Service, 1870-1970

By (author) Patrick Hughes

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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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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published date | 2 Oct 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 226
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 460g
ISBN | 978-1-0328-6283-5
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BISAC | science / earth sciences / meteorology & climatology


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