Clearing up the weather

Rob Gell, well known weather forecaster and former lecturer in Geography, discusses the weather with Peter Couchman. He describes what causes particular weather patterns, looks at various types of storm activity, and discusses “El Nino” and the “Greenhouse Effect”.

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Credits

production company

Box Hill College of Technical and Further Education

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302965

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → El Nino Current

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Meteorology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

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Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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