Rodgers, Alan, 1958-

Temperature / Alan Rodgers and Angella Streluk. - Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003. - 32 p. : Ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm. - Measuring the weather . - Rodgers, Alan, 1958- Measuring the weather. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Temperature and the weather -- The thermometer -- Reading the temperature -- Maximum and minimum temperatures -- Hot and cold -- Soil temperature -- Grass temperature and frost -- Sensing temperature with a computer -- Temperature through the atmosphere -- Humidity -- Wet and dry temperatures -- Cold fronts and warm fronts -- Temperature and the environment.

Provides an introduction to temperature, examining how it is measured and the relationship between temperature and weather.

ISBN: 1588106896 1403401292 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2002004027

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Atmospheric temperature.
Weather.

LC Class. No.: QC901.A1 / R64 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 551.5/25