Essentials of Meteorology

An Invitation to the Atmosphere

Ahrens, C. Donald , Henson, Robert 저자(글)

Cengage Learning · 2023년 02월 10일

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ESSENTIALS OF METEOROLOGY: AN INVITATION TO THE ATMOSPHERE, Ninth Edition, is written for students interested in gaining insights into the dynamic workings of the atmosphere. The authors' ability to explain even complicated ideas in an easy-to-understand way enables both science and non-science majors to visualize and understand important principles of meteorology. Online animations help bring text material to life and make it easier to understand the underlying concepts, and appendices offer the chance for in-depth exploration of meteorological data, such as world temperature and precipitation extremes over a 30-year period.

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저자(글) Ahrens, C. Donald

Don Ahrens is Professor Emeritus at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. 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 him a lifetime achievement award for these accomplishments. The bestselling author of two Cengage texts, Professor Ahrens received the Textbook and Academic Authors Association's McGuffey Longevity Award for the 9th Edition of his market-leading METEOROLOGY TODAY.

저자(글) Henson, Robert

Robert Henson is a meteorologist and science writer at The Weather Company and a former science writer at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the organization that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research. An expert on tornadoes, thunderstorms and hurricanes, he also has analyzed how TV weathercasters cover major storms and report on climate change. Henson is the author of four books on meteorology, including THE THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE (previously THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE), which was shortlisted for the UK Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

목차

• Preface.
  
  1. Earth's Atmosphere.
  2. Warming and Cooling Earth and the Atmosphere.
  3. Air Temperature.
  4. Humidity, Condensation and Clouds.
  5. Cloud Development and Precipitation.
  6. Air Pressure and Winds.
  7. Atmospheric Circulations.
  8. Air Masses, Fronts and Middle Latitude Cyclones.
  9. Weather Forecasting.
  10. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes.
  11. Hurricanes.
  12. Global Climate.
  13. Earth’s Changing Climate.
  14. Air Pollution.
  15. Light, Color and Atmospheric Optics.
  
  Appendices
  A. Units, Conversions, Abbreviations, and Equations.
  B. Equations and Constants.
  C. Weather Symbols and the Station Model.
  D. Average Annual Global Precipitation.
  E. Köppen’s Climatic Classification System.
  F. Humidity and Dew-Point Tables [Psychometric Tables].
  G. Standard Atmosphere.
  H. Beaufort Wind Scale [Over Land].
  
  Additional Reading Material.
  Glossary.
  Index.
  Cloud Chart.

기본정보

ISBN	9780357857557 ( 0357857550 )
발행(출시)일자	2023년 02월 10일
쪽수	509쪽
크기	218 * 278 * 20 mm / 1338 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어