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Pretor-Pinney, Gavin.
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Clouds.
Clouds -- Observers' manuals.
Clouds -- Miscellanea.
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The cloud collector'...
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The cloud collector's handbook / by Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; image research by Society photo editor, Ian Moxley ; meteorological guidance by Stephen Burt.
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Pretor-Pinney, Gavin.
San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2011.
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Clouds.
Clouds -- Observers' manuals.
Clouds -- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9780811875424
0811875423
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143 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Contents:
Ten main cloud types. Cumulus ; Stratocumulus ; Stratus ; Altocumulus ; Altostratus ; Cirrus ; Cirrocumulus ; Cirrostratus ; Nimbostratus ; Cumulonimbus -- Notable species & varieties. Lenticularis ; Fibratus ; Castellanus ; Undulatus ; Lacunosus ; Radiatus ; Duplicatus -- Accessory clouds & supplementary features. Pileus ; Velum ; Pannus ; Mamma ; Virga ; Arcus ; Tuba ; Incus -- Other clouds. Cap & banner ; Kelvin-Helmholtz ; Contrails ; Pyrocumulus ; Roll cloud ; Fallstreak hole ; Horseshoe vortex ; Fog & mist ; Diamond dust ; Nacreous ; Noctilucent -- Cloud optical effects. Iridescence ; Corona ; Crepuscular rays ; Glory ; Rainbow ; Cloudbow & fogbow ; 22 halo ; Sundog ; Circumzenithal arc ; Sun pillars -- Technical terms -- Cloud classification.
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Throughout, author and cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers points for spotting them and recording their finds.
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North Kohala Public Library
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