A world of weather: fundamentals of meteorology
Grades: 12 Post-Sec.
ENC#: ENC-014035
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Date: 1998
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Subjects:
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Air. Atmosphere. Climate. Clouds. Earth science. Hurricanes. Meteorology. Renewable resources. Storms. Tornadoes. Water. Water cycle. Weather. Wind. |
Resource Type:
Teacher guides; Textbooks.
 Geographic Focus:
Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
This textbook, designed for introductory meteorology course, helps students learn the basic concepts of meteorology along with applications. The book features flex text format, sections on weather folklore or commentary in each chapter, and focuses on optics in which students can find essays on such optical phenomena as the water on the dry road mirage. The contents feature explanations of visible, infrared and water vapor satellite imagery, an in depth treatment of Doppler radar, and a detailed discussion of cyclogenesis along with eight pages of color plates. Additional features include World Wide Web exercises as well as laboratory exercises at the end of each chapter. Also included are sections titled Applying Your Knowledge, Questions for Laboratory, and Questions for Review. For example, the chapter on Fronts and Cyclogenesis, students are encouraged to understand the structure of atmospheric fronts in light of a more detailed link to the upper air wind and vorticity patterns with rich black and white figures and diagrams of frontal anatomy and cyclogenesis. Upon completing this chapter, in the laboratory exercise section students draw isobars and isotherms, and predict the frontal passage based on the behavior of the pressure and the wind direction, provided with real data. Additional print and electronic resources, glossary and index are also provided at the end of text. (Author/YK)
Table of Contents:
Preface
How to use this book
New to this edition
Acknowledgments
1. The basics: the meteorologist's toolbox
Introduction
Measuring the fundamentals: the where, the when, and the warmth
Mathematical tools: how to crunch numbers and like it
Spatial tools: getting the most from your space
2. Solar and terrestrial radiation
Introduction
Radiation: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Heating the atmosphere: from the ground up
Satellite imagery: look, up in the sky, it's a rocket, it's a jet, no it's...
Radar: echoes from a storm (Not a biography of MASH's Corporal O'Reilly)
The annual cycle: changing of the guard
3. Temperature
Introduction
Temperature measurement: the right way and the wrong ways
Horizontal variations of temperature: over hill, over dale, the thermometer can tell
Daily variations of temperature: always lagging behind
A first look at fronts: atmospheric confrontations
4. Air pressure
Introduction
A heavy weight: the nuts and bolts of air pressure
Vertical variations in air pressure: the gravity of it all
Horizontal variations in air pressure: driving the weather
Forces of nature: air in motion
Circulation around highs and lows: some are clockwise, others are not
Pressure patterns aloft: a topographic map of the sky
5. Moisture in the atmosphere
Introduction
The many roles of water: the atmosphere's utility player
More on evaporation and condensation: determining humidity
Detecting water vapor: looking for the invisible
Making clouds: a tried and true recipe
Making precipitation: it snows all summer
6. Atmospheric stability
Introduction
Stability defined: it all stacks up
Temperature and stability: what goes up... may come down
Stability and instability in action: clues from the sky
Clouds: from both sides (of stability) now
Postscript
7. General circulation of the atmosphere
Introduction
General circulation: philosophy of the wind
Low latitudes: X=1 (Tropics + Subtropics)
The middle latitudes: X=2 (In the middle of a big fight)
High latitudes: X=3 (On top and bottom of the world)
Postscript
8. Fronts and cyclogenesis
Introduction
Air masses: megavolumes of air
Characteristics of North American air masses: air mass resumes
Fronts: close encounters of the atmospheric kind
Cyclogenesis: the upper and lower levels in tandem
Vorticity: spinning wheels got to go 'round
Vorticity: convergence and divergence, ice skaters in the sky
9. Thunderstorms
Introduction
Lightning and thunder: birthright of the thunderstorm
Origins of thunderstorms: to be, or not to be
Air-mass thunderstorms: convective classics
Synoptically forces thunderstorms: heavies of the troposphere
Thunderstorm accessories: a potpourri of weather dangers
Postscript: look skyward
10. Tornadoes and other whirlwinds
Introduction
Land of tornadoes: the road goes through Kansas
The chase: close encounters of the tornadic kind
Waterspouts, fire funnels, and dust devils: whirlwind cousins
Postscript
11. The hurricane
Introduction
Hurricane climatology: engine specs
Hurricane mechanics: nuts and bolts of heat engines
Hurricane Andrew: a case study
12. Winter weather
Introduction
Winter precipitation: products of the atmospheric environment
Winter weather patterns: tapping the gradients
Human impacts of winter weather: the season of discontent
The blizzard of 1993: the superstorm
Postscript: winter in the balance
13. Recent great floods and the drought of 1988
Introduction
Blocking highs: not a football euphoria
The great flood of 1993: pattern for disaster
The California floods of January 1995: sparks in the wind
Tropical storm Alberto: a boomerang storm
Drought: oh how I wish that it would rain
Single cause? No easy answers
14. The human impact on weather and climate
Introduction
The enhanced greenhouse effect: too much of a good thing?
Ozone depletion: not enough of a good thing?
Land use change: impact on weather and climate
Closing thoughts: the speed of change
15. The climatology of Pennsylvania
Introduction
General climatic features: anchored in the mid-latitudes
Climatic regions of Pennsylvania: from shoreline to ridgeline
Hazardous weather in Pennsylvania: tornadoes and flooding
Additional print and electronic resources
Glossary
Index
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 text/lab manual (paperback) | Cost: $55.95 | ISBN: 978-0-7872-3731-8 | |
Publisher:
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Contributor(s):
| Authors: Lee M Grenci; Jon M Nese. | | Illustrator: David J Mornhinweg. |
Specifications:
1 text/lab manual (approximately 580 pages : illustrated, some color ; 28 cm.)
Record Created: 03/05/1999 Last Modified: 06/29/2005
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