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This book begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, fro…
A natural history of rain, told through a compelling, lyrical blend of science, cultural history, and human drama It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report and the cause of catastrophic floods; and the source of all the world's water. Yet …
Cynthia Barnett's "Rain "begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to co…
Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. The subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water - this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the …
Weaving together science with the human human story of our ambition to control rain, Barnett tells the story of rain -- elemental, mysterious, precious, and destructive.
"Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to c…
Chris Park places the debates surrounding acid rain in context, and examines the full implications of scientific studies and the effects of acid rain on surface waters, soils and buildings. Evidence is drawn from around the world, including an examination of the damage in Scandi…
Rainfall: modeling, measurement and applications
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Rainfall: modeling, measurement and applications
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Acidification and its policy implications: proceedings of an international conference held i…
by United Nations., Economic Commission for Europe, Schneider, T., (Tonny), International Conference on Acidification and Its Policy Implications, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
fromStudies in environmental science
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NOAA's Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on the Future of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
fromOnline access: National Academy of Sciences National Academ…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses precipitation data in many applications including hurricane forecasting. Currently, NOAA uses data collected from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite that was launched in 1997 by NASA in coopera…
