• Easy-to-read explanations of all facets of the extreme weather phenomena of Florida—from sunny days to hurricanes • How climate affects lifestyle and health • How Florida’s unique peninsular shape affects wind, precipitation, and drought
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Climate and Weather of Florida (Hardcover)
Excellent book, not technical but a good read.
Helped with my page "Meteorology for South Florida and the Caribbean", at [...]
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
Although Florida is sometimes referred to as the Peninsula State, the Everglade State, and, as the explorer Ponce de Leon described it in 1513, the Isle of Flowers, Florida's official nickname is the Sunshine State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thunder events, coast sea breeze, convective rainfall, polar front jet, more tornadoes, main months, cooling degree days, hurricane days, heating degree days, growing degree days, hurricane frequency, severe freezes, intense hurricanes, hurricane activity, mixing height, hurricane center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Key West, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Okeechobee, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Gulf Stream, Miami Beach, National Hurricane Center, Cape Canaveral, Pacific Ocean, National Weather Service, Sunshine State, Labor Day, Matecumbe Key, Northern Hemisphere, University of Florida, Florida Keys, North America, Vero Beach, Biscayne Bay, Fort Lauderdale, Hurricane Donna New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Although Florida is sometimes referred to as the Peninsula State, the Everglade State, and, as the explorer Ponce de Leon described it in 1513, the Isle of Flowers, Florida's official nickname is the Sunshine State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thunder events, coast sea breeze, convective rainfall, polar front jet, more tornadoes, main months, cooling degree days, hurricane days, heating degree days, growing degree days, hurricane frequency, severe freezes, intense hurricanes, hurricane activity, mixing height, hurricane center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Key West, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Okeechobee, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Gulf Stream, Miami Beach, National Hurricane Center, Cape Canaveral, Pacific Ocean, National Weather Service, Sunshine State, Labor Day, Matecumbe Key, Northern Hemisphere, University of Florida, Florida Keys, North America, Vero Beach, Biscayne Bay, Fort Lauderdale, Hurricane Donna New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
4
books
cite this book:
- Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society by James B. Elsner in Back Matter
- Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book by Christopher C. Burt in Back Matter
- Beaches and Coasts by Richard Davis Jr. on page 100
- The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Second Edition by Thomas E. Lodge in Back Matter
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
