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Climatology - Reference Sources

The following is a selection of sources in the open-shelf reference collection on the lower level of the Science, Industry and Business Library. To find more resources in the New York Public Library's collections, check the library's catalogs, CATNYP and LEO. Relevant subject headings are climatology and meteorology, but also search under the names of particular phenomena, i.e. hurricanes.

Title
Call Number

Aviation weather handbook. Terry T. Lankford, 2001.
An in depth introduction to the weather. This handbook is intended for pilots, both novice and expert, but may be of interest to anyone trying to interpret weather data. Covers theory and practice.

 *R TL556 .L355
Complete weather resource. Phillis Engelbert, 1997.
Contains experiments, biographies, weather facts, and much more. Chapters are devoted to different topics: clouds, fog, tornadoes, hurricanes, climate, etc.		 *R QC981 .E66 1997
Encyclopedia of climate and weather. Stephen H. Schneider (ed.), 1996.
This resource is useful for scholars, engineers, students and decision-makers. Entries have definitions, history, areas of study, tables, maps, diagrams, bibliographies, and charts, as well as a glossary and index.		 *R QC854.E523 1996
Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. David Longshore, 1998.
Contains entries on the history and science of cyclonic systems. Includes appendices with lists of storms organized both chronologically and according to name.
 *R QC944 .L66
Glossary of weather and climate : with related oceanic and hydrologic terms.
Ira W. Geer (ed.), 1996.
Gives brief definitions of terms.		 *R QC854 .G56
Handy weather answer book. Walter A. Lyons, 1997.
Questions and answers related to weather: clouds, cold and winter storms, climate change, and more. For example, "how warm can it be and still snow?"
 *R QC999 .L96
The history of weather. James Thaxter Williams, 1999.
Delineates the history of weather from "the birth of the earth to the twentieth century". Includes history of ice ages, the Greek experience, meteorosensitivity and other folklore, etc.		 *R QC855 .W55