Reeds Maritime Meteorology
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 140811206X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Sailor's Manual" according to Rabbit. This book is everything it promised to be. Recommemded by a retired meteorologist during his marine meteorlogy seminar at the Seattle Boat Show, I bought it based on his recommendation. Written for professional fishermen and merchant marine officier trainees, it is easy to understand, well-doumented with color photographs, graphs and tables and a pleasure to read. A must-have book.. Great introductary work Matthew V. Smith Ever since purchasing this book a couple months ago, I have used it daily in a meteorology course. I have found it to be very well-organized, well-researched, well-written, and very easily understandable. It is probably a little too easy for a college course, but it seems to be great for a maritime vocational school or junior/community college. Moreover, it can continue to be a great reference if one is working aboard a ship.There are many diagrams and even several pages of color prints of various clouds.If you need a good introduction, a good refresher book, or a good daily reference, I give Reed's Maritime Meteorol. "Valuable resource for weather fans" according to Scott. This book is a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in learning more about marine weather. The descriptions are complete and accurate. There is an excellent selection of photos demonstrating the impact of various wind speeds on water. Want to learn more about how to read marine weather charts and understand nautical weather forecasting? Purchase this book. I keep it in my travel box.
“Commended to anyone who requires a clear and authoritative introduction to the subject.” Marine Engineers Review“If you want to distinguish between a cyclone and an anticyclone, then this is the book to read.” Ships Monthly“A technical and involved read.” Motor Boat & Yachting“A splendid volume--a comprehensive and serious weather book.” The Seafarer“Very informative, nicely laid-out and contains good illustrations with supported text.” Royal Naval Sailing Assoication
Maurice Cornish is the retired Head of the Maritime Studies Dept at the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. Elaine Ives is Head of the School of Maritime Studies at Glasgow College and Senior Lecturer in Meteorology.
For this revised edition, the content and website addresses have been updated.'Commended to anyone who requires a clear and authoritative introduction to the subject' Marine Engineers Review'A splendid volumea comprehensive and serious weather book' The Seafarer. It provides descriptions of the elements and forces which contribute to maritime meteorology and the principles which govern them, and deals specifically with:weather forecasting at sea and the use of fax, navtex and saltellite technology ocean currents and swell tropical revolving storms the development and distribution of sea ice weather routeing passage planning the management and care of cargo in heavy weatherThere is an extensive glossary, revision questions at the end of each chapter, and a fold-out chart of ocean cur