Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the EnvironmentCengage Learning, 2012 - 704 páginas 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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| 33 | |
| 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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