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Author Dugan, Christine.

Title Hurricane hunters / Christine Dugan. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2012]
©2012
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Description 1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
Series Data analysis and probability
Mathematics readers. Data analysis and probability.
Contents Flying into danger -- Special instruments -- A time and place -- A team of experts -- Saving lives -- Hurricane hunters in history -- Warnings for natural disasters -- Hurricane heroes -- Problem-solving activity.
Summary "What would you do if you were caught in the middle of a hurricane? Learn about measures of central tendency as you follow the lives and work of some brave individuals--hurricane hunters! While most people take shelter from a hurricane, these dedicated professionals fly right into the eye of the storm. Learn about the instruments they use and analyze the data they collect. Would you be able to do the job of a hurricane hunter?"--Back cover
Uses statistics to discuss the science of hurricane chasing, the people who follow these storms, the instruments used, how hurricanes are named, and where they are found.
Note Includes index.
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject Mathematical statistics -- Juvenile literature.
Storm chasers -- Juvenile literature.
Hurricanes -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematical statistics.
Storm chasers.
Hurricanes.
Hurricanes.
Hurricanes.
Genre Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
Other Form: Print version: Dugan, Christine. Hurricane hunters Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, c2012 9781433334627 (NjBwBT)bl2012030804 (OCoLC)798852545
ISBN 9781433399442 $56.19
143339944X $56.19
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