Immeasurable weather : meteorological data and settler colonialism from 1820 to Hurricane Sandy /

"Immeasurable Weather demonstrates how the quantitative data produced by American weather scientists as well as citizen scientists has reinforced the project of settler colonialism and altered the living environment in the process. Sara J. Grossman argues that white settlement of the land and d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grossman, Sara J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Colección:Elements (Duke University Press)
Temas:
Meteorology > United States > History.
Meteorology > United States > Observations > Citizen participation.
Numerical weather forecasting > Social aspects > United States.
Weather forecasting > Social aspects > United States.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Météorologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Météorologie > États-Unis > Observations > Participation des citoyens.
Temps (Météorologie) > Prévision numérique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Temps (Météorologie) > Prévision > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / & Climatology.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Climatology > Social aspects
Meteorology
Weather forecasting > Social aspects
United States > Climate > Social aspects.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dreaming data : locating early nineteenth-century weather data
  • Gendering data : the women of the Smithsonian Meteorological Project
  • Data in the sky : scientific kites, settler masculinity, and quantifying the air
  • Data's edge : Cleaning Data and Dust Bowl crisis
  • Ugly data in the age of satellites and extreme weather.

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