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The science of extreme weather [videorecording (DVD)] / Eric R. Snodgrass.

by Snodgrass, Eric R.

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Teaching Company, [2016].

DVD 551.5 S673s

Weather forecasting.

Atmospheric temperature.

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Earth science.

Great courses (DVD).

[videorecording (DVD)] /

4 videodiscs ( 720 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

"24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture."--Container.

Course No. 1771.

Closed-captioned.

Disc 1. Extreme weather is everywhere -- Temperature extremes and cold-air outbreaks -- Low pressure and earth's high winds -- Extreme humidity, rain, and fog -- How radar reveals storms -- How satellites track severe weather -- Disc 1. Anatomy of a lightning strike -- Lightning extremes and survival -- Thunderstorm formation and weather balloons -- Wind shear and severe thunderstorms -- Squall line thunderstorms and microbursts -- Supercell thunderstorms and hail -- Disc 3. Tornadoes and their amazing winds -- Tornadogenesis and storm chasing -- Mountain windstorms and avalanches -- Ice storms: freezing rain takes over -- Epic snowfall and the lake effect -- Blizzards and winter cyclones -- Disc 4. Flash floods and deadly moving water -- Drought, heat waves, and dust storms -- Where hurricanes hit -- The enormous structure of a hurricane -- Storm surge and hurricane intensification -- El Nino and cycles of extreme weather.

Presenter, Professor Eric R. Snodgrass, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"No place on Earth is sage from severe storms. Tour the world's wildest weather--and learn how to protect yourself from it--with a storm-chasing, prize-winning meteorologist."--Container.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Filmed lectures.

Educational films.

Teaching Company.

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