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1.		Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston from Fourth Estate Ltd Price: $18.60 Customer Review: I have always been intrigued by the hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900, and thought this book took an interesting angle -- the tragedy told through the life of the man who thought it could not be. This book was an easy and compelling read, artfully weaving together the life of Isaac, the culture... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Understanding Weather and Climate (5th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $85.00	Click here for more information


3.		The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (10th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $35.00 Customer Review: This is an excellent book. It teaches you the real basics and makes a great book for an Intro to Meteorology Class.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Volume 48, Third Edition (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $34.50 Customer Review: I was trained in a classical program in atmospheric sciences in the sense that the atmosphere is a fluid hence the field being a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics is much emphasized. Holton's book is The Undergraduate Textbook for programs rooted in this understanding, in the US or internationally.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Global Warming: The Complete Briefing from Cambridge University Press Price: $28.00 Customer Review: As readers of my reviews know, I am skeptical about the theory that civilization is in danger because CO2 emissions are causing catastrophic levels of global warming. Of the books that I have read, the skeptical books are of higher quality than the pro-global warming books. For some time, I have... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere (with Blue Skies CD-ROM, High School/Retail Version) from Brooks/Cole Publishing Company Customer Review: The applets available in association with this book (The Why Files Interactives) have been nominated for excellence in website design that incorporates motion. See the press release below: 3rd Annual Pixie Nominations Honor Online Films and Animations HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 17, 2004 -- On... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Atmospheric Science, 3E, Volume 92, Second Edition: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $57.63 Customer Review: This book is a very comprehensive book that introduces a student to all basic concepts in Atmospheric Sciences. Very well written and excellent for self study !	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		The Ship and the Storm from International Marine Price: $12.81 Customer Review: This was a fairly balanced story of Catagory 5 Hurricane Mitch and the Windjammer Barefoot Cruise's schooner Fantome in October, 1998 and their horrific crossing of paths. Having sailed two of the Barefoot ships in rapid succession early in my sailing avocation-but switching to the Maine schooner... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions from Pardey Books Price: $17.51 Customer Review: I got the 3rd edition. In very few words what I believe it makes this book a real treasure is the authentic storm experience Lin and Larry is sharing with the reader. It is not a book written or inspired by other books. It is a testimony of real life storm survival experience and the story about how... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change from Princeton University Press Price: $15.23 Customer Review: This book tells the story of the discovery of one of the most amazing aspects of our oceans...the ability of the water to circulate and transmit salinity and temperature from one area of the world to another. It also details how this movement affects air temperatures in various regions and what... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution from Basic Books Price: $1.48 Customer Review: Devra Davis' in depth analysis of air pollution offers an enlightening view of the affects of pollution and its impact on the environment and health.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 91, Second Edition (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $57.99 Customer Review: The second edition nicely extends and improves the original text. Along with Statistical Analysis in Climate Research, which is pitched at slightly more advanced audience, this book provides an excellent introduction to statistical methods in meteorology and climatology. Highly recommended.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Volume 93: An Introductory Text (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $63.69 Customer Review: I purchased Marshall and Plumb's book in order to give me a bit more quantitative information on the subject than I had gotten from the IPCC and the U.S. Global Change Research Project reports, among others. It had been many years since I last had an in-depth exposure to physics and advanced math... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $11.90 Customer Review: Not only does Howie Bluestein give one the authentic feel of both tornado research and serious tornado chasing, but he also traces the history of the science. Additionally, there are good explanations of many of the meteorological mechanisms associated with supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes.more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Satellite Meteorology: An Introduction (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $109.12 Customer Review: This is a very good book for atmospheric science and meteorology students and researchers. It includes many topics that are very useful for both educational and research purposes: the orbits of satellites, the instruments they carry, the radiation they detect, and, most importantly, the fundamental... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Understanding Weather and Climate (4th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I bought this manual to go with a text, and it does, right in order. The illustrations are great and add to the knowledge given in the text.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change from Wiley-Interscience Price: $63.90 Customer Review: Very nice book. This book is a nice reference in all fields (mainly atmospheric chemistry). I really recommends this book. The only problem is the package that AMAZON sent to me... ridiculous...	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics from Dover Publications Price: $8.45 Customer Review: Craig F. Bohren writes science books with a delight that is infectious. There are few books like this where science and education are turned into an entertaining commentary. Bohren shows us that the things we see normally, in our day to day life, contain the science truths which can be used to teach... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Meteorology: The Atmosphere and Science of Weather from Prentice Hall Price: $57.99 Customer Review: This book is filled full of facts, which are very interesting. The book can get tedious to read, but the content itself is great, and actually makes sense :) Concepts are explained clearly.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Climatology: An Atmospheric Science (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $79.13	Click here for more information


21.		Climatology: An Atmospheric Science (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $79.13	Click here for more information


22.		Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne Particles (Wiley-Interscience) from Wiley-Interscience Price: $101.06 Customer Review: The book really treat aerosol sciences very well but it does not provide much solution and insight to the question at the end of the chapters. people who have done maths a long time ago have problem solving the problems.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Atmosphere, The: An Introduction to Meteorology from Prentice Hall College Div Price: $24.00 Customer Review: I wanted to better understand the weather. How do systems form, how do they move, what causes it to rain? With no prior reading or knowledge on the subject, this book provided a clear, concise explanation that will help any reader better understand the nightly weather forecast and appreciate all of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Turbulence: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $65.64 Customer Review: a book covering many interesting topics and i believe a student of turbulence will be very well-equiped in the basics of modern understandings of turbulence after reading this book. but what a poor page layout. the fonts are small and the book undoubtedly is bulkier because so much space is wasted... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Global Physical Climatology, Volume 56 (International Geophysics) from Academic Press Price: $91.53 Customer Review: "Global Physical Climatology" by Dennis L. Hartmann has been getting rave reviews from several people. However, they aren't me. As a student who had to use this text for a Physical Climatology course in college, I found this text to be inadequate to my needs. Important terms and phrases are not... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation from Cambridge University Press Price: $62.32 Customer Review: This book is easy to follow if you have a base knowledge of fluid dynamics, the material seems to be well organized for a beginner. I certainly don't claim to be an expert on this material, but this book is very helpful.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge from The MIT Press Price: $13.84 Customer Review: I was very impressed by CO2 Rising. Volk is a true "systems thinker" who skillfully blends biology, chemistry, physics, and other related disciplines into a coherent description of the carbon cycle and the impacts of burning fossil fuels. He also incorporates economics and other social sciences into... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Short Course in Cloud Physics, Third Edition (International Series in Natural Philosophy) from Butterworth-Heinemann Price: $40.00 Customer Review: R. R. Rogers and M. K. Yau develop and demonstrate the concepts of thermodynamics and transport processes that control formation of rain, hail, snow and fog. The book is concise, yet precise, and provides a coherent course material for cloud physics. The book introduces the essential thermodynamics... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Turbulence in the Atmosphere from Cambridge University Press Price: $60.00	Click here for more information


30.		Atmosphere, Weather and Climate from Routledge Price: $163.32 Customer Review: This book left a mixed impression. Yes, the meteorological content might be up to date. Sometimes the content is very short, sometimes the style is very boring and old-fashioned. No, this book is not well illustrated. Most of the graphics look awful. Handmade illustrations are not longer good enough... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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