Overview
A comprehensive, accessible guide to New England's climate. Anyone who has scampered for shelter during a summer shower or shoveled a path through snow in May knows that bending to weather's whims is a way of life in New England. Not only are weather patterns in New England more changeable and more extreme than almost anywhere in the country, New England is the ultimate destination of nearly all storm tracks nationwide. Combining an expert's appreciation of weather systems with an ability to explain the weather to a general audience, Gregory A. Zielinski and Barry D. Keim have written a one-of-a-kind guide to New England's fascinating weather and climate. The authors offer in-depth explanation of the latest theoretical insights into meteorology and climatology, along with a flurry of stories about the vagaries of the New England clime. This book is divided into the seasons as New Englanders actually experience them: ski season, mud season, beach and lake season, and foliage season. Zielinski and Keim succeed in providing an illuminating and entertaining analysis and commentary, perfect for the classroom and the ideal companion for anyone interested in New England's unique weather and climate.
Full Product Details
Author: Gregory A. Zielinski ,
Barry D. Keim
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Imprint: University of New Hampshire Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.10cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9781584655206
ISBN 10: 1584655208
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 30 June 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
New England Weather, New England Climate is an in-depth, accessible guide to New England's weather and climate that will interest all with an interest in weather/climate, New England, or both. The authors have done a first-rate job in bringing New England conditions to those of us not able to experience them directly. This book deserves a place on every climatologist's bookshelf. Weather Doctor Website
Weather Doctor Website
It offers a clear and accessible account of the major features of the New England climate, today and in the past, and of the atmospheric proccesses that shape it...Readers who plunge into Zielinski and Keim's explanations, often technical but never forbiddingly so, of the processes that underlie what we experience as weather will be amply rewarded. They will emerge with a much-enhanced understanding of the logic and order behind a set of appearances that has been famous for its seeming chaos. --The New England Quarterly
Author Information
GREGORY A. ZIELINSKI is research professor in the institute for Quaternary and Climate Studies at the University of Maine and is Maine State Climatologist. BARRY D. KEIM is assistant professor of Geography and Anthropology and State Climatologist at Louisiana State University, and formerly was New Hampshire State Climatologist at the University of New Hampshire.
