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9781882663415

Pilot's Weather : A Commonsense Approach to Metereology

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  • ISBN13:

    9781882663415

  • ISBN10:

    1882663411

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-02-01
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group
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Summary

A remarkable and beautiful new book that enters uncharted territory in explaining the vitally important pilot skill of understanding atmospheric perturbations. Rather than "teaching" with dreary old black and white drawings of isobars and fronts, endless graphs, and reams of figures, Pilot's Weather provides full-color photos and clear explanations of what fliers actually see and experience, excelling in making weather comprehensible to the non-meteorologist. This book is for readers who are interested in flying aircraft, ultralights, gliders, or kites -- or whose interest is the weather itself.

Table of Contents

The Atmosphere
7(1)
Density
8(1)
Pressure
9(7)
The Altimeter
16(10)
Wind
26(9)
Effects of Wind on Flight
35(12)
Temperature
47(9)
Humidity
56(3)
Effect on Flight of the Basic Factors in the Atmosphere
59(4)
Lapse Rates
63(4)
Origin of Clouds
67(4)
Clouds
71(26)
Precipitation
97(6)
Icing
103(4)
The Cumulonimbus
107(8)
The Airmass
115(3)
Depressions
118(4)
Fronts
122(21)
Thunderstorms
143(12)
Haze, Mist and Fog
155(7)
The Anticyclone
162(4)
Visibility
166(6)
Reports/Forecasts
172(6)
Recap
178(6)
General Data
184(1)
Finale
185(1)
Index 186

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