Precipitation /

By: Rodgers, Alan, 1958-Contributor(s): Streluk, Angella, 1961-Material type: TextTextSeries: Rodgers, Alan, Measuring the weather: Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, �2007Edition: Rev. and updatedDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781432900731; 1432900730; 9781432900793; 143290079XSubject(s): Precipitation (Meteorology) | Precipitation (Meteorology) -- Juvenile literature | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Precipitation (Meteorology)Genre/Form: Juvenile works.DDC classification: 551.57/7 LOC classification: QC920 | .R64 2007
Contents:
Water everywhere! -- The water cycle -- Why is it raining here? -- Measuring rainfall -- Rain and drizzle -- Humidity -- Snow and sleet -- Hail -- Rain clouds -- Frontal systems -- Microbursts -- Rain and snow warnings -- Floods and drought.
Summary: Provides an introduction to the different types of precipitation and explains how precipitation is related to weather.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water everywhere! -- The water cycle -- Why is it raining here? -- Measuring rainfall -- Rain and drizzle -- Humidity -- Snow and sleet -- Hail -- Rain clouds -- Frontal systems -- Microbursts -- Rain and snow warnings -- Floods and drought.

Provides an introduction to the different types of precipitation and explains how precipitation is related to weather.