Patrick Hughes

A Century of Weather Service (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040140161
• Artikelnr.: 72274472

Autorenporträt

Patrick Hughes, at the time of the publication of this book, was with Environmental Data Service, Environmental Science Services Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements Part I: American Original Part II:
Growing Pains Part III: Weather in War Part IV: Today and Tomorrow
Meteorological Milestones: Chronology of the American Weather Services,
1644- 1970