Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.
Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.
Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.
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Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.
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N551.6453/1
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English
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Physical content
xv, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Tornado Theories -- 2. Tornado Forecasting to 1940 -- 3. Wartime Warnings and Military Forecasting -- 4. A Civilian Severe Weather Forecasting Center -- 5. Warning the Public -- 6. Technological Improvements -- 7. An Evaluation of the Integrated Tornado Warning System.
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Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Oklahoma
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"This book highlights the modern tornado watch system and explains how advancements during the latter half of the twentieth-century - such as computerized data collection and processing systems, Doppler radar, state-of-the-art television weather centers, and an extensive public education program - have resulted in the drastic reduction of tornado f...
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Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.
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c2001.
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N551.6453/1
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74VvkkJG45ey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkkJG45ey
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ISBN
0806133023 (alk. paper)
9780806133027 (alk. paper)
DDC
551.64530973
MMS ID
991013963999702626
