Essentials of meteorology
Subtitle: an invitation to the atmosphere
By: C. Donald Ahrens
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780495115588; 9780495119043; 9780495114772
Subjects: Textbooks; Meteorology
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-454) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Earth's atmosphere; title: Warming the earth and the atmosphere; title: Air temperature; title: Humidity, condensation, and clouds; title: Cloud development and precipitation; title: Air pressure and winds; title: Atmospheric circulations; title: Air masses, fronts, and middle-latitude cyclones; title: Weather forecasting; title: Thunderstorms and tornadoes; title: Hurricanes; title: Air pollution; title: Global climate; title: Climate change; title: Light, color, and atmospheric optics.