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The weather machine : a journey inside the forecast
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Physical Description
x, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
Weather is the foundation of our daily lives, and it's a triumph of science, technology and global cooperation. Blum takes readers on a tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet. Our tools allow us to predict weather more accurately than ever, and yet we haven't learned to trust them. Blum visits old weather stations and watches new satellites blast off. He follows the dogged efforts of scientists to create a supercomputer model of the atmosphere and traces the surprising history of the algorithms that power their work.
Contents
- Calculation. Calculating the weather ; The forecast factories
- Observation. The weather on earth ; Looking down ; Going around ; Blasting off
- Simulation. The mountaintop ; The euro ; The app ; The good forecast
- Preservation. The weather diplomats.