Weather 101: From Doppler Radar and Long-Range Forecasts to the Polar Vortex and Climate Change, Everything You Need to Know about the Study of Weather (Adams 101 Series)

by Kathleen Sears

In 1954 the first pictures of a tropical storm were taken from space using a US Navy Aerobee rocket. The spectacular photos galvanized the meteorological community: for the first time a giant weather system could be seen in its entirety.