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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Includes numerous graphs, charts, illustrations, and maps. Sound hinges. Pages clean and undamaged. Front cover is clean. Spine and spine-edge of front and back covers is toned (age tanned). Very slight soiling and a few tiny spots on the back cover and a few additional tiny spots on the outer page edges. The volume will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. Separate articles included in this volume include the following: "Monitoring Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover" by Daniel A. Robinson; "Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover and Temperature Patterns in the 1980's" by C. F. Ropelewski; "Temperature Variations in Northern High Latitudes, 1960-1990" by John E. Walsh; "Detection of Fluctuations in Global Snow Cover Using Passive Microwave Remote Sensing" by Richard L. Armstrong; "Lake Ice Observations in Finland in the 19th and 20th Century: Any Message for the 21st?" by Esko Kuusisto; "Monitoring Lake Freeze-Up/Break-up as a Climatic Index" by Roger G. Barry and J.A. Maslanik; "Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Frozen Lakes for Regional Climate Studies" by Dorothy L. Hall; "Snow Modelling in General Circulation Models (GSMs)" by Diana L. Verseghy; "Glacial Start and Global Warming: What to Watch" by G. Kukla; "An Approach to Change Detection" by I.B. MacNeil; "A Southern Hemisphere Snow Cover Climatology" by Kenneth F. Dewey; "A Brief Overview on Snowcover/Climate Research at Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology (LIGG) Chinese Academy of Sciences" by Daquing Yang; "An Overview of Research on Snow in Alaska" by Carl S. Benson; "Estimation of Climatological Shortwave Albedo from Microwave Scattering Cross Sections of 5.3 and 9.25 GHz" by David G. Barber and Ellsworth F. LeDrew; "Creating Temporally Complete Snow Cover Records Using a New Method for Modelling Snow Depth" by Marilyn Ginsberg Hughes and David A. Robinson; "The Need for Removing Biases from Rain and Snow Measurements" by David R. Legates; "Comparison of Two Satellite-Derived Albedo Data Sets for the Arctic Ocean" by Mark Serreze, Axel J. Schweiger and Jeffrey R. Key; "Modelling the Interactions between Microwaves and a Snowfall/Soil System" by Robert Leconte; "Lake Ice Conditions as a Cryospheric Indicator for Detecting Climate Variability in Canada" by Walter R. Skinner; and "Data Needs for Detection of Climate Change: Some Challenges" by B. Goodison and A.E. Walker.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; ix, 182 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780060885625, 0060885629 ; OCLC 85026539 ; Contents:: Foreword / RalphLauren -- Preface -- The Star-Spangled Banner : Artifact and Icon -- The Battle of Baltimore -- The Song -- Making the Flag -- From Family Keepsake to National treasure -- The Star-Spangled Banner Comes to the Smithsonian -- Centerpiece of a New Museum -- Saving the Star-Spangled Banner -- A New Home for an Enduring Icon -- Notes -- Symbols of a New Nation -- The Flag in the Civil War -- Flag Rules and Rituals -- The Flag in World War II -- The Flag in the Sixties ; Shares the story behind the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," in 1814, telling how Francis Scott Key, having witnessed a critical battle between British and U.S. troops from a truce ship, was inspired to write the song after seeing the garrison flag still flying over Fort Henry in Baltimore, Maryland; discusses the Smithsonian Institute's efforts to preserve the actual flag; and considers how the song and the flag have come to symbolize American patriotism and pride ; "Published in association with the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center." ; Formerly a curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Lonn Taylor served as historian for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project. Kathleen M. Kendrick and Jeffery L. Brodie are co-curators of a new exhibition about the reinstalled Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. ; SIGNED by author Jeffrey L. Brodie on the title page ; FINE in slightly edge-worn slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.