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Meteorology : Understanding the Atmosphere

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ISBN-10: 1449631754

ISBN-13: 9781449631758

Edition: 3rd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Steven A. Ackerman, John A. Knox

List price: $237.95
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Written for the undergraduate, non-majors course, the Third 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. Early chapters discuss the 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. The remainder of the book focuses on weather and climate topics such as the interaction between atmosphere and ocean, severe/extreme weather, and climate change.
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Book details

List price: $237.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 5/6/2011
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 580
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.706
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…