The Cloud Book : How To Understand The Skies

The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies by Richard Hamblyn is a guide to cloud identification and classification, produced in association with the Met Office. It traces the history of cloud classification and describes the different cloud species and forms, including twelve types newly recognized by the World Meteorological Organization. The book explains cloud formation, development, and changes over time, with discussion of their relationship to weather patterns. It also covers optical phenomena, accessory and human-made clouds, and the role of clouds in climate change. Illustrated with colour photographs from around the world.

Notes adapted from the publisher's description.