Encyclopediae and Glossaries
Glossary of Meteorology (AMS) (QC854.G56 2000)
Glossary of Weather and Climate: with Related Oceanic and Hydrologic Terms (AMS) (QC854.G56 1996)
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (6 Vols.) (QC854 .A48 2003)
The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide (QC854 .E5258 2010)
General Interest
Eloquent science: a practical guide to becoming a better writer, speaker & atmospheric scientist / David M. Schultz (AMS) (Q223.S2354 2009)
Weather by the numbers: the genesis of modern meteorology / Kristine C. Harper / MIT Press (QC855.H374 2008)
Statistical methods in the atmospheric sciences / Daniel S. Wilkes / Academic Press (QC874.5 .W55 2011)
Weather on the air : a history of broadcast meteorology / Robert Henson / American Meteorological Society (QC877.5 .H47 2010)
Divine wind: the history and science of hurricanes / Kerry Emanuel / Oxford University Press (QC944.E43 2005)
Climate extremes and society / Henry F. Diaz and Richard J. Murnane / Cambridge University Press (QC981.8.C53 C55 2008)
Pius Library uses the Library of Congress call number system to classify books.
Relevant call numbers for the technical aspects of atmospheric sciences range from QC 851- QC 999
Every book is assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Relevant LCSH include:
Atmosphere
Atmospheric physics
Boundary layer (meteorology)
Meteorology
Climate
Climatology
Climatic changes
Paleoclimatology
Precipitation variablilty
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
You can search the library catalog for call numbers and LCSH
Contact Lee Cummings to suggest an item for the Pius Library collection.
cummingsla@slu.edu
PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press can be downloaded free of charge.
