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New Zealand's wild weather

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Wild weather (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "MetService has ... scientific expertise, insight and weather data across New Zealand and the globe. Communicating the intricacies of the weather is at the heart of what MetService does both online and in person. As Head of Weather Communication for MetService Lisa Murray meteorologist and science communicator, shares her expertise in this book, alongside a number of the organisation's expert meteorologists and communications specialist Andrea Tandy.

    James Renwick, one of New Zealand's leading climate change commentators provides his insights and knowledge to help bring this issue to the forefront of this book. Natural history writer Gerard Hutching is author of the award-winning book 'The Natural World of New Zealand,' and numerous other titles ... For New Zealand's Wild Weather he has woven meteorology with dramatic stories of people impacted by the country's mercurial climate"--Publisher information

  • Place
  • Other Id

    QC992.N5 MET (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92660 (Cat ID)

    92431 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    New Zealand's wild weather
  • Other Name

    Wild weather (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Penguin Random House New Zealand
  • Place
  • Date
    2021
  • Physical Description

    255 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780143775102
    0143775103
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Introduction

    1 Weather in a changing climate

    2 Understanding the weather

    Weather maps

    3 Ocean and weather

    4 Tropical cyclones

    Clouds

    5 Rain

    6 Wind

    Metservice Sever Weather Warnings

    7 Snow

    Observing the weather

    8 Drought

    9 Heatwaves/fire weather

    Modelling the weather

    10 Storm surge

    11 Thunder and lightning

    12 Hail

    It?s a global thing

    13 Tornadoes

    14 Fog

    15 Frost

    The Outer Islands

    Acknowledgements

    Index

    About the Authors.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Weather forecasting]

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2024

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