Encyclopedia of
Weather and Climate
Michael Allaby
Revised Edition
Facts On File, Inc.
An Imprint of Infobase Publishing
132 West 31st Street
New York NY 10001
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
v
Introduction
vi
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ix
Entries A–O
1
APPENDIXES
I. Biographical Entries
573
II. Tropical Cyclones and Tropical Storms
655
III. Chronology of Tornadoes
669
IV. Laws, Regulations, and International Agreements
673
V. The Geologic Timescale
675
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VI. Ocean Currents
677
VII. Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Glacials and
Interglacials
691
VIII. SI units and conversions
693
IX. Chronology of Disasters
695
X. Chronology of Discoveries
703
Bibliography and Further Reading
709
Web Sites
711
Index
I-1
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