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Weather Books

  • 29-12-2011 11:32am
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    Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭


    Can someone recommend a good weather book. Something that covers how snow forms, weather systems, weather charts, sun spots, maraunder minimum, AO, polar vortex, etc, etc.
    It would probably be something like a 1st year university book.
    Something more involved than a layman's book but not overly technical.

    Thanks very much


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Hey pal , ye this is the one i used in 1st year. Very basic and easy to read.
    Just went through it there and everything you mentioned is in it. But not as an in-depth as here. Best bet , buying a 2nd hand one id say.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meteorology-Understanding-Atmosphere-Steven-Ackerman/dp/0495112852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325160091&sr=8-1


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    I would highly recommend all of Tim Vasquez' books, which are in depth but not too high in the maths.

    http://www.weathergraphics.com/

    If you're into maths then Roland Stuhl's Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers is a great read.

    And if you're feeling fairly suicidal and just love your vector calculus then Holton's Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology is for you, but I would put out a health warning with it! He does go into strat warming etc. so an interesting read, but the maths could be a killer.

    Of course www.theweatherprediction.com has probably more information in there than all of the above put together!


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Su Campu wrote: »
    I would highly recommend all of Tim Vasquez' books, which are in depth but not too high in the maths.

    http://www.weathergraphics.com/

    If you're into maths then Roland Stuhl's Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers is a great read.

    And if you're feeling fairly suicidal and just love your vector calculus then Holton's Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology is for you, but I would put out a health warning with it! He does go into strat warming etc. so an interesting read, but the maths could be a killer.

    Of course www.theweatherprediction.com has probably more information in there than all of the above put together!

    Reading that brings back some horrible memories.. shudder


  • Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭desolate sun


    Hi guys
    Thanks so much for the suggestions. I don't mind a bit of Maths. Looking forward to checking these out. It would be great if my library had them so I could check them out before I buy. Actually are they available in any bricks-and-mortar shop? Be great to have a flick through first.

    Thanks :)


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Hi guys
    Thanks so much for the suggestions. I don't mind a bit of Maths. Looking forward to checking these out. It would be great if my library had them so I could check them out before I buy. Actually are they available in any bricks-and-mortar shop? Be great to have a flick through first.

    Thanks :)

    The best place to get Holton would be the Ucd bookshop, they might have a few other good met books too, but dont hand over amy cash without checking the maths content beforhand, these books arent cheap.


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