Meteorology today: an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment
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Introduction -- Earth and its atmosphere -- Energy -- Temperature -- Humidity -- Condensation: dew, fog, and clouds -- Stability and cloud development -- Precipitation -- Air pressure and winds -- Wind: small scale and local -- Wind: global systems -- Air masses and fronts -- Middle-latitude cyclones -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Weather forecasting -- Global climate -- Earth's changing climate -- Air pollution -- Light, colour, and atmospheric optics -- Appendix A. Units, conversions, symbols, and equations -- Appendix B. Weather symbols and cloud classification -- Appendix C. Beaufort Wind Scale -- Appendix D. Humidity and standard atmosphere -- Appendix E. Time zone conversions -- Appendix F. Global precipitation -- Appendix G. Tephigram -- Glossary -- Index.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Ahrens
C. Donald
Christine E. J.
Jackson
Peter Lawrence - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780176530792
- Release date
- 2016
