Atmosphere, The

Pearson New International Edition

Frederick Lutgens, Edward Tarbuck, Dennis Tasa (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

568 Seiten

2013 | 12th edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-04229-9 (ISBN)

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Thanks to a mounting interest in climate change and severe weather phenomena, meteorology courses are increasingly popular among today's students - particularly in general education versions of the course, where rapid advances in visualization tools and technologies like GIS have greatly expanded the teacher's toolkit. The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology remains the standard introduction in its field, reinforcing basic concepts with everyday, easy-to-grasp examples. This revision retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens: a friendly, largely non-technical narrative, timely coverage of recent atmospheric events, and carefully crafted artwork by leading science illustrator Dennis Tasa. The Twelfth Edition maintains a student-friendly approach while evolving to address various course challenges and trends. Current digital visualization and assessment tools are now available on MyMeteorologyLab, a new resource that both encourages student self-study and enables instructors to manage their courses online, with customizable assessments for students.
Each chapter in this revision is organized by a new active learning path to help guide and engage non-science majors. A greater focus on popular and increasingly important Severe & Hazardous Weather applications, new critical visual analysis Eye on the Atmosphere features, as well as new discussions of the real-world career opportunities of meteorology with Professional Profile essays, make the science both relevant and exciting.

1    Introduction to the Atmosphere
2    Heating Earth’s Surface and Atmosphere
3    Temperature
4    Moisture and Atmospheric Stability
5    Forms of Condensation and Precipitation
6    Air Pressure and Winds
7    Circulation of the Atmosphere
8    Air Masses
9    Weather Patterns
10    Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
11    Hurricanes
12    Weather Analysis and Forecasting
13    Air Pollution
14    The Changing Climate
15    World Climates
16    Optical Phenomena of the Atmosphere

Appendix A Metric Units
Appendix B Explanation and Decoding of the Daily Weather Map
Appendix C Relative Humidity and Dew- Point Tables
Appendix D Laws Relating to Gases
Appendix E Newton's Laws in Motion
Appendix F Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Appendix G Climate Data
Glossary
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2013
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1540 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	1-292-04229-X / 129204229X
ISBN-13	978-1-292-04229-9 / 9781292042299
Zustand	Neuware