Meteorology Today

An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment

C. Donald Ahrens (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

624 Seiten

2008 | International ed of 9th revised ed
Brooks/Cole (Verlag)
978-0-495-55574-2 (ISBN)

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METEOROLOGY TODAY,9e, International Edition, is one of the most widely used and authoritative texts for the introductory meteorology course. This ninth edition helps you understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of the inevitable weather phenomena that continually influence our lives. The text's clear and inviting narrative is supplemented by numerous pedagogical features that encourage observing, calculating, and synthesizing information.

1. The Earth and its Atmosphere. 2. Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere. 3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures. 4. Atmospheric Moisture. 5. Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds. 6. Stability and Cloud Development. 7. Precipitation. 8. The Atmosphere in Motion: Air Pressure and Winds. 9. Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems. 10. Wind: Global Systems. 11. Air Masses and Fronts. 12. Middle-Latitude Cyclones. 13. Weather Forecasting. 14. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes. 15. Hurricanes. 16. Climate Change. 17. Global Climate. 18. Air Pollution. 19. Light, Color, and Atmospheric Optics. Appendix A: Units, Conversions, Abbreviations, and Equations. Appendix B: Weather Symbols and the Station Model. Appendix C: Beaufort Wind Scale. Appendix D: Humidity and Dew-Point Tables. Appendix E: Instant Weather Forecast Chart. Appendix F: Changing GMT and UTC to Local Time. Appendix G: Heat Index (HI) Table. Appendix H: Standard Atmosphere. Appendix I: Hurricane Tracking Chart. Appendix J: Adiabatic Chart.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2008
Zusatzinfo	col. Illustrations, col. maps
Verlagsort	CA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 274 mm
Gewicht	1680 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-495-55574-6 / 0495555746
ISBN-13	978-0-495-55574-2 / 9780495555742
Zustand	Neuware