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BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain Paperback – Illustrated, Sept. 27 2004
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The "everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-weather-in-BC-but-didn't-know-who-(or-were-afraid to!) to-ask" book
Don't like the weather? Move a little further inland, closer to the coast, or to the other side of the mountain That's sound advice for any BC resident because the climate of the province is one of the most complex in Canada, often changing dramatically in the space of just a few kilometres From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain delves into the wonderful world of BC weather, which includes some of Canada's wettest, driest, hottest, and coldest conditions, and everything in between
Author Keith Heidorn takes readers from dripping coastal rainforests to blazing deserts as he explains the fascinating science behind the BC climate and how it affects the nature of life in BC Featuring up-to-date BC weather facts and statistics and over fifty maps, graphs, and diagrams, this book will delight anyone seeking easy-to-understand explanations of BC weather origins, influences, and phenomena From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain also tells the BC weather stories that made history and includes archival photographs of these significant events
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFifth House Books
- Publication dateSept. 27 2004
- Dimensions15.24 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101894004892
- ISBN-13978-1894004893
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"Like BC's weather, the book offers something for everyone who lives, works, or plays in BC's weather."
-- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada
"Like BC's weather, the book offers something for everyone who lives, works, or plays in BC's weather."
-- "David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada"
"Like BC's weather, the book offers something for everyone who lives, works, or plays in BC's weather."
-- "David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada"
About the Author
Known to Internet weather enthusiasts around the globe as "The Weather Doctor," Keith C Heidorn, Ph D , a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Guelph, has spent his life studying weather and climate After a career with the Ontario provincial government and in private consulting, Dr Heidorn now focuses his energies in public education on a myriad of weather and climate topics, ranging from the origin of snowmen to the science of thunder
Product details
- Publisher : Fifth House Books; 1st edition (Sept. 27 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1894004892
- ISBN-13 : 978-1894004893
- Item weight : 308 g
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #164,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #73 in Weather in Earth Sciences
- #74 in Weather (Books)
- #84 in Meteorology
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Also, Hadley cells are never called Halley cells, maybe this is just a misprint but it occurs more than once.