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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
weather and climate
Revised Edition
Volume I
A–o
michael allaby
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE, Revised Edition
Copyright © 2007, 2002 by Michael Allaby
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allaby, Michael.
Encyclopedia of weather and climate / [Michael Allaby].—Rev. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8160-6350-8 (set)—
ISBN 0-8160-6348-6 ()—ISBN 0-8160-6349-4 (v. 2) 1. Meteorology—
Encyclopedias. 2. Climatology—Encyclopedias. I. Title.
—dc22 2006018295
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