The cloud collector's handbook / by Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; image research by Society photo editor, Ian Loxley ; meteorological guidance by Stephen Burt.
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TextPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2011.Description: 143 pages : illustrations chiefly color ; 19 cmISBN: - 9780811875424
- 0811875423
- QC 921 PIN 2011
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"An official publication of the Cloud Appreciation Society."
Originally published: United Kingdom : Sceptre, 2009.
Includes indexes.
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.
Throughout, author and cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers points for spotting them and recording their finds -- Source other than Library of Congress.
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