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Understanding Weather and Climate

ISBN: 9780130273949 | 0130273945
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover w/CD
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
For courses in Introductory Meteorology and Meteorology, for Non-Science majors. This meteorology text focuses on explanation aboutrather than description ofthe processes that produce Earth's weather and climate. It emphasizes a non-mathematical understanding of physical principles as a vehicle for learning about atmospheric processes. Additionally, difficult-to-visualize topics are reinforced with a series of software tutorials presented on a CD-ROM packaged with the book.

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Part I Energy and Mass1(88)
Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
2(26)
Solar Radiation and the Seasons
28(26)
Energy Balance and Temperature
54(35)
Part II Water in the Atmosphere89(84)
Atmospheric Moisture
90(28)
Cloud Development and Forms
118(28)
Precipitation Processes
146(27)
Part III Distribution and Movement of Air173(86)
Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
174(26)
Atmospheric Circulation and Pressure Distributions
200(36)
Air Masses and Fronts
236(23)
Part IV Disturbances259(88)
Mid-latitude Cyclones
260(26)
Lightning, Thunder, and Tornadoes
286(36)
Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
322(25)
Part V Human Activities347(62)
Weather Forecasting and Analysis
348(38)
Human Effects: Air Pollution and Heat Islands
386(23)
Part VI Current, Past, and Future Climates409
Earth's Climates
410
Climate Changes: Past and Future
434

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