Clouds and Weather Phenomena
First published in 1943 as the second edition of a 1926 original, this book explains certain natural phenomena visible in the skies. Cave details the reasons for atmospheric features such as coronae, iridescent clouds, mirages and the various cloud formations, and illustrates the text with many photographs. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the natural world or meteorology.
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9781107504868
56 pages
198 × 129 × 3 mm
0.07kg
Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of illustrations
- 1. Clouds
- 2. The colour of the sky
- 3. Sunset colours
- 4. Sunset rays
- 5. The green ray
- 6. Rainbows
- 7. Halos
- 8. Coronae
- 9. Iridescent clouds
- 10. Broken spectres
- 11. Mirages
- 12. The moon
- 13. The apparent size of the sun and moon on the horizon
- Index.