Reviews (8)

Great Intro text book
One of the best introduction to metrology I have read.Great for any anyone that is interested in the weather.Gives more information then average books that are found at local book stores.Also the on line tests help you know what you have learned.

Great Book
This is a great book. It was expensive (aren't all college textbooks?), but worth it.
Disappointing extras
For a meteorology reference tool, save money and buy the book used without the CD or infotrac.The blueskies CD is only good for one year from activiation according to the license agreement and infotrac is a 4 month subscription to online databases that are largely available for free at the public library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Meteorology    3. Physics    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Weather    7. Science / Meteorology   

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Difficult to Read
Well there is no doubt that this book contains a large amount of information, it CANNOT be used as an introductory text.It is much to difficult to comprehend, and Wetzel makes absolutely no effort to teach the concepts.Here merely presents a synthesis of limnological research.

Good as a Limnology Primer
This is an excellent general reference text. Can not say enough about the excellent content of this text. But it is need of an edition update with information for lake mapping and restoration.Dr. C.L. Nelson of St. CloudState University, St. Cloud, MN has an excellent small text on physicallimnology for the mapping aspect. This book does do an excellent job on thebiological aspects of limnological work.

My view of the Wetzel's limnology book
The book contains a lot of information related to lakes. It�s a complete work about the conditions on this systems. Include a study about the performance of the ionic particles in this systems. It�s a suitable bookfor students like me, to understand the freshwater ecology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Lakes & Ponds    2. Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology    3. Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems    4. Limnology    5. Rivers    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Freshwater biology, limnology    9. Hydrology (freshwater)    10. Technology / Fisheries & Aquaculture   

Reviews (7)

you can't find an alternative.
when i was a student, i used to think, like many other reviewers, that the book is extremely dry. but now as a researcher in atmospheric-oceanic dynamics, i realise that the book is useful in explaining the most essential and elementary theories behind the dynamics one can encounter in meteorology or climate dynamics.
An Underrated Text
This book, often simply referred to as "Holton", has been roundly cursed by undergraduates since it was first published. I know, because I was one of them.However, as the years went by, and as the number of classes requiring Holton as a text went by, I realized two things.First, that this book was not meant to hold your hand through all the derivations.It requires a competent instructor who can use Holton as a detailed companion to rigorous coursework.This book is NOT for the average person who wishes to study alone.The second thing is that this book was written to fill a gap.There were no similar atmospheric dynamics texts.As a consequence, it must cover a large amount of material in a rather small, college textbook-sized space.It does this well.Yes, the author's writing style is dry to the extreme, and yes, physical explanations are often lacking.However, if you have access to a competent professor, neither of these are problems.One final thought... as we call the book simply "Holton" remember that Frankenstein's monster is often called simply "Frankenstein", but we will leave comparisons to the reader - and to the author!

Paramount
Useful introduction to dynamic meteorology.Covers many fundamental concepts and concisely.It is not a good fluid dynamics book.It is developed for the atmospheric scientist.It contains an exceptional chapter on waves.Also, there are some elementary concepts related to stratospheric dynamics and general circulation that are very well-written. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dynamic meteorology    2. Earth Sciences - General    3. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    4. General    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Meteorology    9. Science / Earth Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Ecology    2. Effect of human beings on    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental sciences    5. Human Ecology    6. Life Sciences - Ecology    7. Nature    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Ecological science, the Biosphere    11. Science / Meteorology   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Meteorology    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Textbooks    6. Weather    7. Science / Meteorology   

Reviews (4)

Highly disappointing
While the class I took that used this textbook was informative, this book was full of what seemed to be the authors' personal opinons.Like another person said here in the reviews about blame on the Bush administration, and lack of references aside from photo credits, this book seemed to be geared more towards giving you the biased outlook of the author than an unbiased view of environmental science.
Interestign articles with a thick political spin
This revision must have been specially produced just to include all the anti-Bush rhetoric.In nearly every chapter, responsibility for the current state of the environment is laid squarly on President Bush's administration.
One of the Best
This is one of the most readable environmental texts I've seen.
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Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Ecology    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Engineering (General)    5. Environmental Science    6. Environmental Studies    7. Environmental sciences    8. Life Sciences - Ecology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Textbooks    12. Science / Meteorology   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    3. Remote Sensing    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Mathematics and Science    7. Meteorology    8. Science / Meteorology    9. applied climatology    10. atmosphere science    11. climatology    12. physical geography   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Environmental Science    3. Environmental Studies    4. Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Agriculture & Farming    8. Climatic changes    9. Climatology    10. Environmental chemistry    11. Forestry & related industries    12. Geochemistry    13. Science / Meteorology   

Reviews (7)

STREAM MONITORING
This book is invaluable to citizen volunteers who monitor the streams of Virginia.

Freshwater Invertebrates of North America
I purchased this title as a fly fisherman wanting to learn more about entomology.This was a very helpful book written at a high school level which is good for someone wanting to tackle the subject for the first time and to get a good grasp of the vocabulary and science before moving on to more detailed college texts on the subject.
Extremely useful to both amateurs and professionals
This book is an excellent guide to family-level invertebrate identification.It has wonderful pictures and excellent background information on the organisms.
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Subjects:  1. Freshwater animals    2. Freshwater invertebrates    3. Identification    4. Invertebrates    5. Lakes & Ponds    6. Marine Life    7. Nature    8. Nature / Ecology    9. Nature/Ecology    10. North America    11. Rivers    12. Ecology    13. Freshwater life    14. Reference works   

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Snowflake
This book has lots of wonderful interesting pictures as well as inspirational quotes. A very tranquil book to look at if you need a little escape from the hectic world.

Great Gift with Beautiful Photography
The size and style of this little book is fantastic--the photos make you love winter! The inspirational quotations are an added bonus along with the details about snowflakes and how to photograph them. I got this for a friend whose wedding had a snowflake theme.It was perfect and provided a great memento of her day! I was not a snowflake lover before I saw this book, but now I am hooked.You can even buy the actual photos of the snowflake from Caltech and next winter they will be featured on US postal stamps.Amazing and beautiful.I am so happy with this purchase!

Great for teachers
I use this book as inspiration for my second grade students when we learn about snow and weather. They love it. Beautiful natural photgraphs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Americana    2. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    3. Nature    4. Physics    5. Pictorial works    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Snow    9. Snowflakes    10. Weather    11. House & Home / General   

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Not what I expected, but not bad
When I saw the title of this book, I had images of butterfly diagrams, an adequate amount of astrophysics and space physics, etc. However, the book's subtitle, "Learning to Live with a Stormy Star" was a much better clue as to the book's contents. Although some stellar/space science is briefly discussed, the main theme of the book is centered on sociological hardships, financial losses, research budgets, business interests, etc., all pertaining to our periodically stormy sun. Especially highlighted are: the survival of expensive satellites in space during less than ideal space weather, the sociological effects of their loss and the effects of this weather on power grids on earth. But my unfulfilled expectations and resulting disappointment should not result in a poor rating for this book. It is well written, very informative and seems to thoroughly cover, I think, what it was apparently intended to cover - hence my rating of 4 stars.

Vital, but strangely incomplete
I am recommending this book to everyone. I am quite convinced by Odenwald's data and studies I have encountered prior to this epochal book that our goverments need to take seriously what the good doctor is warning us about. The threat of unprecedented super-solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections from our unsteady star, ones that could blank out power-grids, destroy communications satellites and possibly fry increasingly vunerable microchips is something every thinking person should consider. Good introduction for general science readers
Interesting topic, though I judged the coverage to be uneven. Readers wanting an update about solar physics will be disappointed by a lack of details; but this can be supplemented by a visit to NASA’s solar physics Web pages.... Policy-makers should be impressed by the real and potential economic fallout from massive solar plasma discharges; but some of Odenwald’s detailed examples illustrate a coincidental rather than true cause-and-effect relation of solar events to Earth-based calamities. The Exon Valdez disaster is discussed at length before being dismissed, and is referenced later. Several pages detail inconveniences due to a power blackout in the D.C. area which had nothing to do with unusual solar activity. I found these references obtuse — I would have greatly preferred to see more information about the sun.Read more

Subjects:  1. Astronomy - General    2. Astronomy - Solar System    3. Environmental aspects    4. Magnetism    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Solar activity    8. Popular science    9. Science / Meteorology    10. Solar-terrestrial phenomena    11. The Sun   

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A hammer!
R. Stull makes a comprehensive and profound review of the boundary layer meteorology in his book.I consider this book to be a most useful tool for any scientist concerned with the troposphere, for all environmentalengineers having to do with air quality, and for all micrometeorologists. Just like a hammer!One of the first to get for one's library.Itcontains the general descriptions of the usual subjects, thoroughly andwell explained.Then it also contains extensive descriptions of differentmodels used to make calculations. This is why I am willing to pay its...unfortunately not-very-low price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Environmental Science    3. Mechanics - General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Boundary layer (Meteorology)    7. Meteorology    8. Science / Meteorology    9. Science-Environmental Science    10. Science-Mechanics - General   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Weather    5. Meteorology    6. Science / Meteorology   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Architecture And The Environment    3. Cunha, Dilip da    4. Earth Sciences - Geography    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental Studies    8. Exhibitions    9. Geography Of The United States    10. In art    11. Landscape    12. Landscape assessment    13. Mathur, Anuradha    14. Mississippi River Valley    15. Rivers    16. Applied ecology    17. Flood control    18. Hydrology (freshwater)    19. Landscape art & architecture    20. Management of land & natural resources    21. Mississippi    22. North Central & Mid-West states    23. Science / Environmental Science   

Subjects:  1. Americas (North Central South West Indies)    2. Charts, diagrams, etc    3. Climatic changes    4. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    5. General    6. Globalization    7. Maps    8. Nature    9. Nature/Ecology    10. Science    11. Nature / General   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Environmental Science    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Atmospheric physics    6. Atmospheric regions    7. Environmental chemistry    8. Science / Environmental Science   

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Brilliant Set of Photographs
A photographer with the eye of an artist, Tim Palmer has spent a lifetime photographing rivers. He has gone to extremes to get just the right view, at the right time of day, the right time of the year. He has combines these photographs with prose that is almost poetic to add in our understanding of what he sees, what he feels.
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Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Nature    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Photography Of Specific Subjects    6. Pictorial works    7. Rivers    8. Subjects & Themes - Landscapes    9. United States    10. United States - General    11. Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes    12. Nature; photography; travel    13. Photography & Photographs    14. Photography / Nature & Wildlife    15. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Climatic changes    2. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental Studies    5. Government policy    6. Greenhouse gas mitigation    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Weather    10. Climatic changes--Government policy    11. Climatology    12. Environmental economics    13. Pollution & threats to the environment    14. Science / Meteorology    15. Social impact of environmental issues   

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Very Useful Reference Text
This is the 1st of 2 books written by Dr. Bluestein to teach synoptic and dynamic meteorology to undergraduate college students. Unlike other textbooks, this textbook takes the time to show alot more of the steps in the derivation of equations used in meteorology. Of course this has added to the size of the book but the fact that the author has taken the care to include this in his book is quite helpful for those learning meteorology. It is a useful reference book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dynamic meteorology    2. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    3. Meteorology (Specific Aspects)    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Science    6. Synoptic meteorology    7. Atmospheric Science | Meteorology    8. Meteorology    9. Science / Meteorology   

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A must-have for your collection
This is an excellent way into the subject for the beginner. There's some very sound science, most of which is agreed upon and a good understanding of how policy making works, or doesn't. The two ideas are brought together along with a discussion as to how we might proceed. One of the strengths of the book is the frequent use of boxes to put alternative viewpoints and summaries to show where we are in the debate. The overall effect is one of the most lucid and readable introductory accounts of the topic that has been published in some while. As such it should be seen as a 'must-buy' and an essential addition to the library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    2. Environmental Science    3. Environmental Studies    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Climatology    7. Global warming    8. Science / Meteorology