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Understanding weather and climate
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- Creator
- Edward Aguado, James E. Burt
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- Understanding weather & climate
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- English
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- Fourth Edition
- Instructor's edition
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2007]
- 2007
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- xxi, 562 pages : illustrated (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- OCLC
- ocn880720402
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- System requirements Windows: 233 MHz Intel Pentium processor; 32 MB or more of available RAM; Windows 98/ME/2000/NT4-sp3/XP; Netscape NS7, Microsoft IE5.2, Safari 1.x, Firefox 1.x; 16-bit sound card; 1024x768 monitor resolution set to 16-bit color, mouse or other pointing device, 12x CD-ROM drive, active Internet connection.
- System requirements Macintosh: PowerPC G3 233 MHz processor or better; 50 MB or more of available RAM; operating system OSX; 1024x768 monitor resolution set to 16-bit color, mouse or other pointing device, 12x CD-ROM drive, active Internet connection.
- Energy and mass -- Composition and structure of the atmosphere -- Solar radiation and the seasons -- Energy balance and temperature -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Water in the atmosphere -- Atmospheric moisture -- Cloud development and forms -- Precipitation processes -- Distribution and movement of air -- Atmospheric circulation and pressure distributions -- Air masses and fronts -- Disturbances -- Midlatitude cyclones -- Lightning, thunder, and tornadoes -- Tropical storms and hurricanes -- Human activities -- Weather forecasting and analysis -- Human effects: air pollution and heat islands -- Current, past, and future climates -- Earth's climates -- Climate changes: past and future -- Special topics and appendices -- Atmospheric optics