Cloud Book

Richard Hamblyn

RRP: £9.99

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES

Publication Date : 28/03/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Published in association with the Met Office, this is an attractive and entertaining guide to the clouds. It helps the reader identify every type of cloud and related phenomena, and understand its implications for the weather. Fully comprehensive and easy to use, it's also visually stunning, with 200 colour photos. It's written by a well-regarded expert on clouds, whose previous book "The Invention Of Clouds" was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2002.

Publisher's description:

A guide to the clouds, helping you to identify various cloud types and related phenomena, and understand its implications for the weather. It follows a logical progression from low clouds to the high stratus clouds, and on to special clouds. It features an introduction on the history of cloud classification.

ISBN: 9780715328088