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Weather Forecaster to Research Scientist
My Career in Meteorology
Author: Robert M. Atlas
List Price: $25.00
Member Price: $20.00
Student Price: $20.00
Title "The Ozone Layer: From Discovery to Recovery" by Guy P. Brasseur in yellow bar over historical sketch of an early electric generator The Ozone Layer
From Discovery to Recovery
Author: Guy P. Brasseur
List Price: $40.00
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Student Price: $30.00
Too Near for Dreams
The Story of Cleveland Abbe, America's First Weather Forecaster
Author: Sean Potter
List Price: $45.00
Member Price: $30.00
Student Price: $30.00
Environmental Security
Concepts, Challenges, and Case Studies
Author: John M. Lanicci, Author: Elisabeth Hope Murray, Author: James D. Ramsay
List Price: $45.00
Member Price: $40.00
Student Price: $35.00
Book's front cover featuring black and white photograph of first satellite image of Earth. A Century of Progress in Atmospheric and Related Sciences
Celebrating the American Meteorological Society Centennial
Author: Greg McFarquhar
List Price: $210.00
Climate in the Age of Empire
Weather Observers in Colonial Canada
Author: Victoria C. Slonosky
List Price: $35.00
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Taken by Storm, 1938
A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane
Author: Lourdes B. Avilés
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Verner Suomi
The Life and Work of the Founder of Satellite Meteorology
Author: John M. Lewis, Author: Jean M. Phillips, Author: W. Paul Menzel, Author: Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Author: Hans Moosmüller, Author: Frederick B. House, Author: Matthew G. Fearon
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Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation
Measurement and Modeling Challenges
Author: Darrel Baumgardner, Author: Greg M. McFarquhar, Author: Andrew J. Heymsfield
List Price: $100.00
Member Price: $80.00
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Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology Lab Manual
Visual Exercises to Complement Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology
Author: Gary Lackmann, Author: Brian E. Mapes, Author: Kevin R. Tyle
List Price: $80.00
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The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
The First 20 Years
Author: D. D. Turner, Author: R. G. Ellingson
List Price: $100.00
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Multiscale Convection-Coupled Systems in the Tropics
A Tribute to Dr. Michio Yanai
Author: Robert G. Fovell, Author: Wen-wen Tung
List Price: $100.00
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Weather in the Courtroom
Memoirs from a Career in Forensic Meteorology
Author: William H. Haggard
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A Scientific Peak
How Boulder Became a World Center for Space and Atmospheric Science
Author: Joseph P. Bassi
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Hurricane Pioneer
Memoirs of Bob Simpson
Author: Robert H. Simpson, Author: Neal Dorst
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An Observer's Guide to Clouds and Weather
A Northeastern Primer on Prediction
Author: Toby Carlson, Author: Paul Knight, Author: Celia Wyckoff
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Climate Conundrums
What the Climate Debate Reveals About Us
Author: William B. Gail
List Price: $30.00
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Father Benito Viñes
The 19th-Century Life and Contributions of a Cuban Hurricane Observer and Scientist
Author: Luis E. Ramos Guadalupe
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Living on the Real World
How Thinking and Acting Like Meteorologists Will Help Save the Planet
Author: William H. Hooke
List Price: $30.00
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Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology Teaching CD
List Price: $100.00
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The Weather, Illustrated: Graphics from The AMS Weather Book
List Price: $50.00
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The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change, 2 ed.
Author: Robert Henson
List Price: $30.00
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Navigating Tenure and Beyond
A Guide for Early Career Faculty
Author: Sundar A. Christopher
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