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This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture, Part 3: Dance, Part 4: Music, Part 5: Painting, Part 6: Poetry, Part 7: Sculpture, Part 8: Conflict Resolution, Part 9: Cooking, Part 10: Coping Skills, Part 11: Gardening, Part 12: Relationship Skills, Part 13: Repairing, Part 14: Survival Skills, Part 15: Archaeology, Part 16: Biology, Part 17: Chemistry, Part 18: Linguistics.


Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 19: Meteorology

Meteorology is the science of studying the atmosphere, weather, and climate with an emphasis on weather forecasting and the management of information relating to droughts, floods, fire seasons, and other weather-related phenomena. Related fields include aeronomy, biometeorology, climatology, hydrometeorology, and space weather. All of this relies on accurate data, the acquisition and sharing of which is under attack from multiple angles. Here on Dreamwidth, check out [community profile] birdfeeding, [community profile] common_nature, [community profile] environment, [community profile] green_joy, [community profile] green_living, [community profile] localweather, [community profile] science, [community profile] scienceworld. [community profile] hpdrizzle is a weather-themed Harry Potter fanwork fest.


Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15


The earliest known reference to weather in history comes from 4000 BCE with lightning god carved in stone in the area of Mesopotamia, Sumeria, and Babylon. Around 3500 BCE, Egypt had a sky-religion and rain making rituals. By 3000 BCE, Babylon recorded the beginnings of astrometeorology with references lik, "When a cloud grows dark in heaven, a wind will blow." Modern meteorology emerged in the Scientific Revolution and expanded in the 19th century as more measuring tools became available. Understanding the history of meteorology and how it works will improve your grasp and appreciation of modern forecasts and other features. If you're really into it, there are even places to find raw data and weather information.

Meteorology begins with things that anyone can observe simply by stepping outside. What is the temperature? What are the clouds and wind doing? Is there precipitation now or likely in the near future? As you live in a place, you learn its patterns, when the rains come, the first and last frost dates, how the animals and plants respond to those factors. Because everyone experiences weather, people pay a lot of attention to it. More advanced science makes it possible to extend predictions farther into the future and even map the climate as a whole, albeit with much greater uncertainty than the next few days. Libraries and bookstores will have plenty of books on weather, climate, and the atmosphere in general. However, if you want climate information as accurate as possible, buy a book that just came out. Most classes on meteorology will be at colleges, but occasionally you'll find one at a park system or elsewhere.

Choosing three books about meteorology offers you diverse opportunities. Overview and two details or beginning-intermediate-advance remain good options. However, this is one of the best topics for three books in a given region or three different regions, because there are all kinds of different weather patterns around the world. If history and chronology interest you, then you could look into anything from the cycle of ice ages to the trend of climate change. Note that climate is a fraught topic nowadays, and too much bleak reading can raise stress. Consider making at least one of your three books upbeat. Here are some possibilities...


General Meteorology

Books: Meteorology & Aviation Weather Research Guides
https://guides.erau.edu/meteorology/books

Meteorology Books and Monographs
https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/publications/books-and-monographs/

Popular Meteorology Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/meteorology

Popular Nonfiction Weather Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/nonfiction-weather

Popular Science Meteorology Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/science-meteorology

We recommend: Weather books for weather enthusiasts
https://spacecityweather.com/we-recommend-weather-books-for-weather-enthusiasts/

Weather Books (for children and teens)
http://www.wxdude.com/styled-6/books/index.html


Climate and Climate Change

Annotated List of About 60 Books on Sustainability/Climate Change, February 2026 update http://scienceofconsequences.com/docs/BooksonSustainabilityCurrent.pdf

5 Inspiring + Hopeful Books To Learn About Climate Change
https://www.katscarlett.com/post/5-inspiring-hopeful-books-to-learn-about-climate-change

Best Climate Change Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/39667.Best_Climate_Change_Books

Climate Preparedness Books
https://www.robbinslibrary.org/climate-preparedness-books/

Climate Reads 2025
https://climatecenter.usc.edu/climate-reads-2025/

Climate Solutions Reading List
https://climatechangebooks.org/climate-solutions-reading-list/

COP30: A Radical Climate Reading List
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5195-cop26-a-radical-climate-reading-list

Mental Health & Climate Change: Four Books for Your Summer Reading List
https://web.archive.org/web/20240810082233/https://www.momscleanairforce.org/mental-health-summer-reading-list/

MUST-READ BOOKS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
https://www.earthday.org/book-list/

Nonfiction books about climate change and sea levels
https://www.robbinslibrary.org/bingo-square-nonfiction-books-about-climate-change-and-sea-levels/

Positive Climate Reads for World Book Day
https://carbonliteracy.com/positive-climate-reads-for-world-book-day/

Reading List
These are books I highly recommend for those interested in risk, climate, weather, water resources or the intersection of those topics.
http://www.rmartin.com/climate_weather_risk_reading.html

Top 50 Books about Climate Change
https://climatechangeresources.org/learn-more/food-agriculture/top-50-books/

Top ten books to get educated about climate change
https://genrlaw.com/insights/top-ten-books-to-get-educated-about-climate-change/


Drought, Flood, Fire, and Other Mayhem

The Big 5 Books ... on Storm Chasing
https://bookshop.org/lists/the-big-5-books-on-storm-chasing

Books: Natural Disasters: A Resource Guide
https://guides.loc.gov/natural-disasters/selected-books

Drought and Water Crises Book Series
https://www.routledge.com/Drought-and-Water-Crises/book-series/CRCDROANDWATCRI

Extreme Weather
Queensland is bracing for category 5 cyclone, Ita. Is it climate change that brings extreme weather? These fascinating library items look at the world's extreme weather events and the influence of history and human intervention.
https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/74123612/213042425

Fires Book Lists
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/fires

Flood Publications: A Selective Bibliography
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/Disaster%20Series/Disaster%20Information%20Series-Floods.docx.pdf

Forest Fire Book Lists
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/forest-fire

Hot Books about Wildfires and Controlled Burning
https://bookshop.org/lists/hot-books-about-wildfires-and-controlled-burning

Hurricanes Non-Fiction (14 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/172039.Hurricanes_Non_Fiction

Popular Drought Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/drought

Popular Hurricanes Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/hurricanes

Popular Tornadoes and Natural Disasters Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/tornadoes-and-natural-disasters

Recommended books about water, drought or the West
https://greatsaltlakenews.org/latest-news/great-salt-lake-collaborative/recommended-books-about-water-drought-or-the-west

Smokey’s Reading List (for children)
https://waterfordmi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12660/Smokey-the-Bear-Reading-Challenge-Book-List?bidId=

This List is Fire
The weather is already scorching. Let's take it up a notch by highlighting our collection of fire-themed books. Here's to heating up your summer even more!
https://austin.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1614308969/2586563749

Wildfire (112 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/126241.Wildfire

Wildfire-focused books that will educate, amaze and entertain you
Check out these must-read books that cover everything from historical nonfiction and memoirs to practical advice and the science of wildfire.
https://www.firerescue1.com/wildfire-and-wildland-urban-interface/wildfire-focused-books-that-will-educate-amaze-and-entertain-you


History

18 Incredible Nonfiction Books about Catastrophic Historical Events
https://www.chelseycrouch.com/p/18-incredible-nonfiction-books-about

Historical Weather Events (91 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11578.Historical_Weather_Events

History Of Meteorology Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/history-of-meteorology

Popular Ice Age Books
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/ice-age


Regions

13 Books About the Desert to Add to Your Reading List
https://www.palmspringslife.com/arts-culture/books-about-the-desert-to-add-to-your-reading-list/

Books About the Amazon Rainforest
https://bookshop.org/lists/books-about-the-amazon-rainforest

Here are 7 books Australian climate change scientists recommend you read
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-environment/climate/2019/09/here-are-7-books-australian-climate-change-scientists-recommend-you-read/

Take a trip to the icy Arctic and Antarctica with these 8 awe-inspiring nonfiction books
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/arctic-nonfiction-books/


Space Weather

Reference Books for Solar Terrestrial Science
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Educational/1/2/2

Textbooks and Monographs Related to Space Weather and Space Weather Science
https://eswan.eu/ProjectDir/Space_Weather_Book_List_KnippCade.pdf


Weather Forecasting

Books about Weather forecasting
https://www.bibliovault.org/BV.titles.epl?tquery=Weather%20forecasting

THE MUST READ BOOKS OF OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY
https://www.theweatherprediction.com/books/


Free Books

Atmospheric Sciences: Free Books at EBD
https://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=402

Browse subject: Meteorology
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Meteorology&c=x

Free Climate Change Books
https://climatechangebooks.org/free-climate-change-books/

Free Rain Books
https://www.bookfusion.com/books/free?language=en&query=rain


Applied Hydrometeorology
https://arjzaidi.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/unimasr-com_e7ce669a880a8c4c70b4214641f93a02.pdf

The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (2019)
https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/journeys.dartmouth.edu/dist/f/8272/files/2021/12/Meteorology-Textbook-compressed.pdf

Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
https://diraj.org/wp-content/uploads/2014_climate_change_africa.pdf

Climate of the Past, Present, and Future
https://judithcurry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Vinos-CPPF2022.pdf

Climate Resilience in Your Community Activity Book
https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/Activity_Book_Online_Final_Small.pdf

Climate Toolkit 2.0
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/pdxopen/article/1033/&path_info=Climate_Toolkit_2.0_1632771684.pdf

Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response
https://content.e-bookshelf.de/media/reading/L-12793-2467f98976.pdf

Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change
https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-43-en.pdf

The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World
https://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/43974/1/11.Christopher%20B.%20Field.pdf

Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change
https://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/zhisheng15arep_242926.pdf

HANDBOOK OF CLIMATE PSYCHOLOGY
https://www.climatepsychologyalliance.org/images/files/handbookofclimatepsychology.pdf

Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices
https://www.droughtmanagement.info/literature/GWP_Handbook_of_Drought_Indicators_and_Indices_2016.pdf

Handbook of Meteorology (1921)
https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/handbook_of_meteorology_1921.pdf

The Mediterranean Climate: An Overview of the Main Characteristics and Issues
https://web.lmd.jussieu.fr/~li/gicc_medwater/bibliographie/N52170-Ch00.pdf

Meteorology Today (2009)
https://www.weather4ar.org/meteorologytoday-pdf.pdf

Monsoon Monograph
https://imetsociety.org/wp-content/pdf/docs/MM1.pdf

Pacific Islands Climate Storybook
https://www.pacificrisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pacific-Islands-Climate-Storybook-2021-print.pdf

Practical Meteorology
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/prmet/PracticalMet_WholeBook-v1_00b.pdf

SEVEN THEORIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE (2010)
https://www-f9.ijs.si/~margan/CO2/Refs/Climate_change_theories_1.pdf

Space Weather and Space Climate: A Timeline
https://www.edp-open.org/images/stories/books/fulldl/9782759836109-SpaceWeather_ebook.pdf

The Tropics
https://home.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~uxlaskow/ET_S800/Materialy/Gritzner_The_tropics_book.pdf

The Weather Book A Manual of Practical Meteorology (1863)
https://www.divulgameteo.es/Userfiles/Pdfs/Libro%20de%20Aberron/FitzRoy-III.pdf


Extras

10 Greatest Climate Fiction Movies of All Time, Ranked
https://collider.com/best-climate-fiction-movies-all-time-ranked/

Books Set in Tropical Locations
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/70018.Books_Set_in_Tropical_Locations

Category:Films about weather
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_about_weather

Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction (441 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/36205.Cli_Fi_Climate_Change_Fiction

Disaster Documentaries
https://hazards.colorado.edu/resources/documentaries

Drought in Fiction (200 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/172243.Drought_in_Fiction

Facing Global Warming: The 50 Best Climate Change Documentaries to Stream in 2026
https://guidedoc.tv/blog/the_best_50_climate_change_documentaries/

Hopeful Climate Fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/hopeful-climate-fiction

Tropical Book Lists
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/tropical

The Weather Channel Documentaries
https://thetvdb.com/series/the-weather-channel-documentaries/allseasons/official

Weather Resources
https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/education-careers/education-program/weather-resources/


These are some of my weather-related writings:

Climate Change tag
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/tag/climate+change

Climate Change post
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/14557351.html

Gardening in Cold Climates
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13841107.html

How to Cope with Hurricanes in Climate Change

Daughters of the Apocalypse features a world torn apart by chemical warfare, climate change, and other mayhem. "Nature's Great Masterpiece" discusses hurricanes fueled by warming oceans.
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/daughters-of-the-apocalypse.html
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12978804.html

"The Feast of Saint Valentine"
https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/3123540.html

"Walk in a Storm"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/9937173.html

"The Pequot War"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13285195.html

"Snow-Driven"
https://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/2999508.html

"Wolf-Wind"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10078895.html

"A Tornado of Thought"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10895645.html

"Windswept"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/11286335.html

"Better to Meet Danger"
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12515843.html
 

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