Meteorology today: an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment

Meteorology today, Ninth 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 textas clear and inviting narrative is supplemented by numerous pedagogical features that encourage observing, calculating, and synthesizing information. INDICE: 1. The Earth and its Atmosphere.2. Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere.3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures.4. Atmospheric Humidity.5. Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds.6. Stability and Cloud Development.7. Precipitation.8. 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. The Earth's Changing Climate.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: BeaufortWind Scale. Appendix D: Humidity and Dew-Point Tables. Appendix E: Instant Weather Forecast Chart. Appendix F: Changing GMT and UTC to Local Time. AppendixG: Average Annual Global Precipitation. Appendix H: Standard Atmosphere. Appendix I: Hurricane Tracking Chart. Appendix J: Adiabatic Chart.

• ISBN: 978-0-495-55573-5
• Editorial: Brooks-Cole
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 549
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés