(eBook PDF) Meteorology Today An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment 2nd – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN: 9781774746752
- Author: C. Donald Ahrens,Peter L. Jackson,Chris Jackson
Meteorology Today, Second Canadian Edition, combines the latest in Canadian weather, climate, and Earth science research to introduce students to the atmosphere. This engaging and highly visual text shows students how to observe, calculate, and synthesize information as budding scientists, systematically analyzing meteorological concepts and issues. Specific discussions centre on severe weather systems such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes as well as on everyday elements such as wind, precipitation, condensation, air masses and fronts, and energy and its role in the atmosphere. Events and issues dominating today’s news cycles also receive thorough attention and include analysis of drought on the Canadian prairies, flooding in southern Alberta, changing sea ice in the Arctic, recent findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and more. Meteorology Today is a dynamic learning resource packed with self-testing features such as end-of-chapter summaries, key terms, review questions, exercises and problems that take student learning to atmospheric heights
Table contents:
Chapter 0 Introduction
Chapter 1 Earth and Its Atmosphere
Chapter 2 Energy: Global Systems
Chapter 3 Temperature
Chapter 4 Humidity
Chapter 5 Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds
Chapter 6 Stability and Cloud Development
Chapter 7 Precipitation
Chapter 8 Air Pressure and Winds
Chapter 9 Wind: Small Scale and Local
Chapter 10 Wind: Global Systems
Chapter 11 Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 12 Middle-Latitude Cyclones
Chapter 13 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Chapter 14 Hurricanes
Chapter 15 Weather Forecasting
Chapter 16 Global Climate
Chapter 17 Earth’s Changing Climate
Chapter 18 Air Pollution
Chapter 19 Light, Colour, and Atmospheric Optics
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