Weather studies
Subtitle: introduction to atmospheric science : investigations manual : 2013-2014 and summer 2014
By: American Meteorological Society, Education Program
Contributors: National Science Foundation (U.S.); United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781935704669
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Meteorology; Study and teaching; Problems, exercises; Weather; Atmospheric physics
Other titles: Introduction to atmospheric science : investigations manual : 2013-2014 and summer 2014
Notes: "This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. AMS Weather Studies is currently supported in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: 1A. Surface air pressure patterns; title: 1B. Air pressure and wind; title: 2A. Surface weather maps; title: 2B. The atmosphere in the vertical; title: 3A. Weather satellite imagery; title: 3B. Sunlight throughout the year; title: 4A. Temperature and air mass advection; title: 4B. Heating and cooling degree-days and wind-chill; title: 5A. Air pressure change; title: 5B. Atmospheric pressure in the vertical; title: 6A. Clouds, temperature, and air pressure; title: 6B. Rising and sinking air; title: 7A. Precipitation patterns; title: 7B. Doppler radar; title: 8A. Surface weather maps and forces; title: 8B. Upper-air weather maps; title: 9A. Westerlies and the jet stream; title: 9B. ¡El niño!; title: 10A. The extra-tropical cyclone; title: 10B. Extra-tropical cyclone track weather; title: 11A. Thunderstorms; title: 11B. Tornadoes; title: 12A. Hurricanes; title: 12B. Hurricane wind speeds and pressure changes; title: 13A. Weather instruments and observations; title: 13B. Weather forecasts; title: 14A. Atmospheric optical phenomena; title: 14B. Atmospheric refraction; title: 15A. Visualizing climate; title: 15B. Local climatic data.