The cloudspotter's guide
Subtitle: the science, history, and culture of clouds
By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney ; chapter illustrations by Bill Sanderson.
Contributors: Sanderson, Bill.; Cloud Appreciation Society.
Edition: Perigee hardcover ed.
Publisher: Berkley Pub. Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780399532566
Subjects: Clouds -- Observers' manuals; Clouds
Genres: Observers' manuals.
Description: "Generously illustrated with striking photographs and line drawings featuring everything from classical paintings to lava lamps, children's drawings, and Roman coins, The Cloudspotter's Guide will have enthusiasts, poets, weather watchers, and the just plain curious floating on cloud nine."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "A Perigee Book."

"An official publication of the Cloud Appreciation Society."

Originally published: London : Hoddder & Stoughton (Sceptre ed.), 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Cloud chart; title: Classification table; title: 1. Cumulus; title: 2. Cumulonimbus; title: 3. Stratus; title: 4. Stratocumulus; title: 5. Altocumulus; title: 6. Altostratus; title: 7. Nimbostratus; title: 8. Cirrus; title: 9. Cirrocumulus; title: 10. Cirrostratus; title: 11. The other clouds; title: 12. Contrails; title: 13. The morning glory.