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The Pocket Cloud Book Updated Edition: How to Understand the Skies in association with the Met Office
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- Brand new pocket size edition of the bestselling Cloud Book which has sold over 100,000 copies since 2008.
- Updated to include the 12 new officially designated cloud types that have been recognised by the World Meteorological Organization.
- Includes updated information on climate change and human-made clouds such as contrails.
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Richard Hamblyn
Richard Hamblyn was born in 1965 and is a graduate of the universities of Essex and of Cambridge, where he wrote a doctoral dissertation on the early history of geology in Britain. He lives and works in London.
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