Meteorology with Essential Study Partner (ESP) CD-ROM

by DANIELSON E

• ISBN13: 9780072420722
• ISBN10: 0072420723
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780073659633
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: MCG
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Summary

Meteorology 2e, is an introduction to atmospheric science for science and non-science majors. The text covers all topics expected of an introductory text, organized and presented in a way that offers the instructor considerable flexibility of sequence.The authors feel this text is distinctive in three major ways. First is its clear, accurate and friendly style of presentation. Second is the considerable attention given to the process of meteorological inquiry, the thoughts and actions of practicing meteorologists in finding out how the atmosphere behaves. Third is the careful attention to pedagogy. By grouping chapters into units, developing concepts from specific examples to general principles (and not the other way around), engaging the reader in questions, repeating explanations from earlier chapters when a reminder would be helpful, pausing for review several times within each chapter, and in many other ways, the Authors have strived to make the text a powerful learning tool, thereby helping the reader to become an active and successful learner.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Meteorological Inquiry

2 Is the Atmosphere's Composition Changing?

3 How Does the Atmosphere Maintain Such a Steady Temperature?

4 Humidity

5 How Do Clouds Form?

6 Precipitation

7 Structure of Large Mid-Latitude Weather Systems

8 Air Masses, Fronts, and Frontal Cyclones

9 Weather Forecasting

10 Circulations on Many Scales, and Their Interactions

11 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

12 Hurricanes

13 Introduction to Climatology: How Stable is Earth's Climate?

14 Is the Atmosphere Warming?

15 Light and Color in the Atmosphere

16 Air Pollution

Appendix A: Some Notable Dates in the History of Meteorology

B Scientific Notation

C SI Units of Measurement

D Other Units, Conversion Factors, and Constants

E List of Elements

F Latitude and Longitude

G Time Zones

H Weather Plotting Symbols

I Windchill and Heat Index Tables

J Humidity Tables

K Saturation Mixing Ratio Diagram

L Thermodynamic Diagram

M Climatological Data

N Atomic Structure: A Review of Some Basics