Meteorology today : an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment /
Ahrens, C. Donald.
Meteorology today : an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment / C. Donald Ahrens, Emeritus, Modesto Junior College, Robert Henson, The Weather Company. - Twelfth edition. - Boston, MA : Cengage, [2019] - 1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch 1. Earth and its atmosphere -- Ch 2. Energy : warming and cooling Earth and the atmosphere -- Ch 3. Seasonal and daily temperatures -- Ch 4. Atmospheric humidity -- Ch 5. Condensation : dew, fog, and clouds -- Ch 6. Stability and cloud development -- Ch 7. Precipitation -- Ch 8. Air pressure and winds -- Ch 9. Wind : small-scale and local systems -- Ch 10. Wind : global systems -- Ch 11. Air masses and fronts -- Ch 12. Middle-latitude cyclones -- Ch 13. Weather forecasting -- Ch 14. Thunderstorms -- Ch 15. Tornadoes -- Ch 16. Hurricanes -- Ch 17. Global climate -- Ch 18. Earth's changing climate -- Ch 19. Air pollution -- Ch 20. Light, color, and atmospheric optics.
1337616664 1337616672 1337616680 9781337616669 9781337616676 9781337616683
2017958157
Meteorology--Textbooks.
QC861.3 / .A47 2019
551.5
Meteorology today : an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment / C. Donald Ahrens, Emeritus, Modesto Junior College, Robert Henson, The Weather Company. - Twelfth edition. - Boston, MA : Cengage, [2019] - 1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch 1. Earth and its atmosphere -- Ch 2. Energy : warming and cooling Earth and the atmosphere -- Ch 3. Seasonal and daily temperatures -- Ch 4. Atmospheric humidity -- Ch 5. Condensation : dew, fog, and clouds -- Ch 6. Stability and cloud development -- Ch 7. Precipitation -- Ch 8. Air pressure and winds -- Ch 9. Wind : small-scale and local systems -- Ch 10. Wind : global systems -- Ch 11. Air masses and fronts -- Ch 12. Middle-latitude cyclones -- Ch 13. Weather forecasting -- Ch 14. Thunderstorms -- Ch 15. Tornadoes -- Ch 16. Hurricanes -- Ch 17. Global climate -- Ch 18. Earth's changing climate -- Ch 19. Air pollution -- Ch 20. Light, color, and atmospheric optics.
1337616664 1337616672 1337616680 9781337616669 9781337616676 9781337616683
2017958157
Meteorology--Textbooks.
QC861.3 / .A47 2019
551.5