From clear explanations of basic physical and chemical principles of the atmosphere to descriptions of regional climates and their changes, this popular text presents a comprehensive coverage of global climatology.
Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate: An Introduction to Meteorology
It explains the role of the Sun in the Earth's weather, where wind comes from, how the water cycle works, what makes clouds and rain and why the way we live may affect the weather.
Originally published in 1986 as Basic meteorology: a physical outline.
Atmosphere Weather and Climate
Presents a history of atmospheric studies, discussing such topics as the study of air, water, and gases throughout the ages, the classification of climates, the development of weather maps and forecasting, and the discovery and theory of ...
The text places special emphasis on relationships between fundamental variables, such as temperature, pressure, winds, and moisture, and how these variables underlie atmospheric phenomena.
This approach allows students to acquire a unified and holistic understanding of the atmosphere. The text begins with chapters c
Lighthill, J. and R.P.Pearce (eds) 1981. Monsoon Dynamics (Cambridge University Press) 700 pp. ... Lindesay, J. 1994. Private comm. Lockwood, J.G. 1974. ... J. Appl. Meteor. 13, 910–16. Lutgens, F.K. and E.J.Tarbuck. 1992.
The variables can be through of as the elements of weather and climate. The most important are: temperature content, pressure and wind. These are the basic ingredients of weather and climate.