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Kentucky Weather.

It is said of just about every state in the United States: ""If you don't like the weather, stick around. It'll change."" In Kentucky, however, this time-worn cliché carries more than a grain of truth. Weather and its vagaries are an obsession in the state, not only be...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Jerry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Kentucky's Atmosphere: What Makes Kentucky's Weather; 2 Weather through the Ages; 3 Early Concepts of Kentucky's Weather; 4 Observers of Kentucky Weather; 5 Temperature; 6 Rain, Snow, and Ice; 7 Floods; 8 Severe Storms; 9 Drought; 10 Other Weather Elements; 11 Effects of the Weather on Kentucky's History and Development; 12 Climate Change and Variability; 13 Weather Lore and Superstitions; 14 Weather Services in Kentucky; Appendix; Bibliographic Essay; Bibliography. 
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