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Meteorology : Understanding the Atmosphere

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ISBN-10: 1284030806

ISBN-13: 9781284030808

Edition: 4th 2015 (Revised)

Authors: Steven A. Ackerman, John A Knox

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Written for the undergraduate, non-majors course, the updated Fourth Edition engages students with real-world examples and a captivating narrative. It highlights how we observe the atmosphere and then uses those discoveries to explain atmospheric phenomena. The text begins with discussions on primary atmospheric variables involved in the formation of weather: pressure, temperature, moisture, clouds, and precipitation, and include practical information on weather maps and weather observation. It then progresses to discuss weather and climate topics such as the interaction between atmosphere and ocean, severe/extreme weather, and climate change.The updated Fourth Edition includes new content…    
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Book details

List price: $227.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 9/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

John Knox is currently Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Georgia. In addition to his teaching experience at the University of Georgia, Knox has also taught meteorology at Valparaiso University and Barnard College of Columbia University. A National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in meteorology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Rhodes Scholar finalist, he received a B.S. summa cum laude in mathematics in 1988 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Ph.D. in atmospheric science in 1996 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a post-doctoral fellow in climate…