John A. Day

Day, John A.

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John Day was born in Salina, Kansas, and as a child loved to be outdoors. He played piano in a dance band to support himself while attending Colorado College, where he was studying physics and math. He graduated in 1936 and married in 1937. The couple settled near Oakland, California, and Day took a job as an airport guide. He joined the first class of the Boeing School of Aeronautics and learned meteorology. He continued to work for the company during World War II when the Army took it over. In 1946, at the end of the war, Day resigned from PanAm to teach physics and meteorology at Oregon State University while continuing his studies. He received a M.S. degree in 1953 and in 1956 he receive a Ph.D. degree in cloud physics. He taught at the University of Redlands in California, then returned to Oregon in the late 1950s to teach at Linfield College. He wrote several books, both textbooks and general interest books. In 1978, he retired from teaching, although he continued several projects, including two small businesses, and volunteer work. In his eighties, he established the website cloudman.com to share his love of clouds with people all over the world.

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The book of clouds
Representative edition published 2003
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Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather
Representative edition published 1998
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Field Guide to the Atmosphere
Representative edition published 1998
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Peterson first guide to clouds and weather
Representative edition published 1991
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Peterson Field Guide(R) to Atmosphere
Representative edition published 1983
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Dimensions of the environmental crisis
Representative edition published 1971
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Climate and Weather
Representative edition published 1970
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The science of weather
Representative edition published 1966
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Science, change and the Christian
Representative edition published 1965
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Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather (First Guide)
Representative edition published 1998
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Climate and weather
Representative edition published 1970
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Climate and weather [by] John A. Day [and] Gilbert L. Sternes
Representative edition published 1970
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The Science of Weather
Representative edition published 1966
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The Science of Weather
Representative edition published 1966
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Rudiments of weather
Representative edition published 1958
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