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Introducing meteorology : a guide to weather

Summary: Introducing Meteorology provides a succinct overview of the science of the weather for students and for interested amateurs wanting a topical guide to this complex science. The initial chapters describe the development of the science, the atmosphere and the forces which govern the weather. The author then discusses weather influences at global and local scales before describing the science of weather forecasting.

Record details

ISBN: 9781780460918 (softcover)
ISBN: 1780460910
Physical Description: print
x, 154 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 20 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Watching the Weather -- 1.1. Influence of Weather -- 1.2. Weather Watchers -- 2. From Seaweed to Supercomputers -- 2.1. Age of Seaweed -- 2.2. Early Meteorological Advances -- 2.3. First Forecasts -- 2.4. Looking Up into the Atmosphere -- 2.5. Towards Modern Forecasting -- 3. Weather Station -- 3.1. Surface Observations -- 3.2. Inside the Stevenson Screen -- 3.3. Outside the Stevenson Screen -- 3.4. Watching the Skies -- 3.5. Automatic Weather Stations -- 4. Gauging the Atmosphere -- 4.1. Measuring the Upper Air -- 4.2. Radar and Lidar -- 4.3. Observations from Space -- 5. Anatomy of the Atmosphere -- 5.1. Composition of the Atmosphere -- 5.2. Pressure, Temperature and Density -- 5.3. Atmospheric Profile -- 6. Water in the Atmosphere -- 6.1. Hydrological Cycle -- 6.2. Humidity and Moisture -- 6.3. Water Droplets and Rain -- 6.4. Ice Crystals and Snowflakes -- 7. It All Starts with the Sun -- 7.1. Our Local Star -- 7.2. Earth in Equilibrium -- 7.3. Effect of the Atmosphere -- 7.4. Effect of Clouds -- 8. Hot and Cold -- 8.1. Surface Temperature -- 8.2. Adiabatic Ascent -- 8.3. Clouds, Fog, Dew and Frost -- 8.4. Spherical Earth -- 8.5. Variation of Total Solar Irradiance -- 8.6. Earth in Non-Equilibrium -- 9. Atmosphere in Motion -- 9.1. Highs, Lows and Circulation of Air -- 9.2. Coriolis Effect -- 9.3. Hadley Cells -- 9.4. Heat Transport in the Mid-Latitudes -- 9.5. Global Circulation -- 10. Mid-Latitude Weather Systems -- 10.1. Westerly Flow -- 10.2. Anticyclones and Air Masses -- 10.3. Low-Pressure Systems -- 10.4. Fronts and Conveyor Belts -- 10.5. When Storms Become Severe -- 11. Weather in the Tropics -- 11.1. Easterly Flow -- 11.2. Intertropical Convergence Zone and Monsoons -- 11.3. Tropical Depressions and Hurricanes -- 11.4. El Nino, La Nina and the Southern Oscillation -- 12. Convective Systems, Tornadoes and Thunderstorms -- 12.1. Unstable Conditions -- 12.2. Cumulonimbus, Thunder and Lightning -- 12.3. Organised Convective Systems -- 12.4. Supercells and Tornadoes -- 13. Local Weather Effects -- 13.1. Coastal Weather -- 13.2. Mountain Weather -- 13.3. Desert Weather -- 13.4. Urban Weather -- 14. Forecasting the Weather -- 14.1. Numerical Weather Prediction -- 14.2. Initial Conditions -- 14.3. Running the Model -- 14.4. Global and Regional Models -- 14.5. Ensemble Forecasting -- 15. Forecaster's Challenge -- 15.1. Making a Weather Forecast -- 15.2. Forecasting Hazardous Weather -- 15.3. Users of Forecasts -- 15.4. When Forecasts Go Wrong -- 16. Changing Climate -- 16.1. Past Records of Climate -- 16.2. Creasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations -- 16.3. Climate Models -- 16.4. Simulating Past and Future Climate -- 16.5. Adaptation versus Mitigation.