Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment

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Meteorology Today 1st Canadian edition is the first textbook of its type written specifically with the needs of the Canadian market and its unique meteorological environment in mind. This first Canadian edition builds upon the tried and tested strengths of the Ahrens Meteorology series and provides a more relevant resource for Canadian students and instructors by ensuring that Canadian content, practices, conventions and examples are used throughout. An Earth Systems feature - the first of its kind in Ahrens - has been developed for this edition, presenting the interconnectedness of elements, and providing a peek at the chapter content. This "visual table of contents" highlights the Earth system components reflected in each chapter (the atmosphere; hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and anthrosphere). The relationships between the chapter's content and Earth systems are further expanded upon in the introduction of each chapter.
 

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Conteúdo

Earth and Its Atmosphere
3
Energy Warming and Cooling Earth and the Atmosphere
33
Seasonal and Daily Temperatures
65
Atmospheric Humidity
99
Condensation Dew Fog and Clouds
125
Stability and Cloud Development
165
Precipitation
191
Air Pressure and Winds
225
Global Climate
525
Air Pollution
557
Light Colour and Atmospheric Optics
593
Appendix A Units Conversions Symbols and Equations
617
Appendix B Weather Map Symbols and the Station Model
620
Appendix C Beaufort Wind Scale
624
Appendix D Humidity
626
Appendix E Instant Weather Forecast Chart
631

Winds at Different ScalesSmall and Local
257
Wind Global Systems
293
Air Masses and Fronts
323
MiddleLatitude Cyclones
351
Weather Forecasting
381
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
415
Hurricanes
457
Earths Changing Climate
487
Appendix F Changing UTC and GMT to Local Time
632
Appendix G Average Annual Global Precipitation
634
Appendix H Standard Atmosphere
636
Appendix I Hurricane Tracking Chart
637
Appendix J Tephigram
638
Glossary
639
Index
657
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Don Ahrens is Professor Emeritus at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. The bestselling author of two Cengage Learning texts, Professor Ahrens received the Textbook and Academic Authors Association's McGuffey Longevity Award for the 9th Edition of his market-leading METEOROLOGY TODAY. He has influenced countless professionals in the field of atmospheric science as well as hundreds of thousands of students who use his books to better understand weather and climate. In 2007, the National Weather Association awarded Professor Ahrens a lifetime achievement award for these accomplishments.

Peter L. Jackson is Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Environmental Science & Engineering Programs in the Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute at the University of Northern British Columbia. Professor Jackson is both an academic and a trained meteorologist whose research mostly concerns windflow in complex terrain (i.e. in mountains and along coastlines) and environmental applications.

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