Clouds: How to Identify Nature’s Most Fleeting Forms

The mystery of clouds has captivated scientists and artists alike. This unique book shows you how to use the meteorological techniques of nephology to identify these elusive and transmutable shapes. It curates, classifies, and measures every species including those recently discovered considering the height, size, texture, arrangement, modifications, and movement of their many shifting forms. Clouds blends a lively and engaging narrative by one of today’s leading meteorologists with an essay on historic cloud art, and includes a wealth of breathtaking cloud studies by some of the greatest artists ever to look skyward.

About the Author:  Edward Graham is an atmospheric scientist and former Editor-in-Chief of Weather, the flagship journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. A former operational weather forecaster, he is a lecturer and researcher at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland.