METEOROLOGY

The text follows a unique investigative approach intended to teach the scientific method as well as meteorology. The authors have written the text to encourage this approach to learning: they pose numerous questions to the student, develop ideas bottom-up rather than explain phenomena from general principles, and attempt to assist each student in constructing his or her own map of meteorology.

I Exploring the Atmosphere: What Lies Ahead?

1 Introduction to Meteorological Inquiry

2 Is the Atmosphere's Composition Changing

3 How Does the Atmosphere Maintain Such a Steady Temperature

II Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation: How Does the Atmosphere Produce Rain?

4 Humidity

5 How Do Clouds Form

6 Precipitation

III Synoptic-Scale Meteorology: How are Weather Forecasts Made?

7 Structure of Large Mid-Latitude Weather Systems

8 Air Masses, Fronts, and Frontal Cyclones

9 Weather Forecasting

IIII Circulations Large and Small: Are There Limits to Atmosphere Predictability?

10 Circulations on Many Scales, and Their Interactions

11 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

12 Hurricanes

13 Introduction to Climatology: How Stable is Earths Climate

Special Topics

14 Is the Atmosphere Warming?

15 Light and Color in the Atmosphere

16 Air Pollution

Appendix A: Some Notable Dates in the History of Meteorology

Appendix B: Scientific Notation

Appendix C: SI Units of Measurement

Appendix D: Other Units, Conversion Factors, and Constants

Appendix E: List of Elements

Appendix F: Latitude and Longitude

Appendix G: Time Zones

Appendix H: Weather Plotting Symbols

Appendix I: Windchill and Heat Index Tables

Appendix J: Humidity Tables

Appendix K: Saturation Mixing Ratio Diagram

Appendix L: Thermodynamic Diagram

Appendix M: Climatological Data

Appendix N: Atomic Structure: A Review of Some Basics

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