Thurman. Introductory Oceanography. Basic college text. Excellent background information.
Ahrens. Meterology. Basic college text. Excellent background material.
Ludlum, David M. The Weather Factor. Houghton Miflin Company, Boston, MA—Copyright 1984. Good for telling how weather influenced various events in American history.
Battan, Louis J. Harvesting the Clouds. Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York—Copyright 1984. Early proposals for controlling weather.
Gribbin, John. Forecasts, Famines and Freezes. Walker & Company. New York—Copyright 1976. Tells how climate changes can have a bearing on events of the world.
