Meteorology Today, An Introduction to Weather Climate, and the Environment, Ahrens C.D., Henson R., 2017

Meteorology Today, An Introduction to Weather Climate, and the Environment, Ahrens C.D., Henson R., 2017.
 
   Meteorology Today is written for college-level students taking an introductory course on the atmospheric environment. As was the case in previous editions, no special prerequisites are necessary. The main purpose of the text is to convey meteorological concepts in a visual and practical manner, while simultaneously providing students with a comprehensive background in basic meteorology. This twelfth edition includes up-to-date information on important topics, including climate change, ozone depletion, air quality, and El Niño. Also included are discussions of high-profile weather events, such as droughts, heat waves, tornado outbreaks, and hurricanes of recent years.




The Atmosphere and the Scientific Method.
For hundreds of years, the scientific method has served as the backbone for advances in medicine, biology, engineering, and many other fields. In the field of atmospheric science, the scientific method has paved the way for the production of weather forecasts that have steadily improved over time.

Investigators use the scientific method by posing a question, putting forth a hypothesis, predicting what the hypothesis would imply if it were true, and carrying out tests to see if the prediction is accurate. Many common sayings about the weather, such as “red sky at morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night, sailor’s delight,” are rooted in careful observation, and there are grains of truth in some of them. However, they are not considered to be products of the scientific method because they are not tested and verified in a standard, rigorous way.

Contents.
CHAPTER 1 Earth and Its Atmosphere.
CHAPTER 2 Energy: Warming and Cooling Earth and the Atmosphere.
CHAPTER 3 Seasonal and Daily Temperatures.
CHAPTER 4 Atmospheric Humidity.
CHAPTER 5 C ondensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds.
CHAPTER 6 Stability and Cloud Development.
CHAPTER 7 Precipitation.
CHAPTER 8 Air Pressure and Winds.
CHAPTER 9 Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems.
CHAPTER 10 Wind: Global Systems.
CHAPTER 11 Air Masses and Fronts.
CHAPTER 12 Middle-Latitude Cyclones.
CHAPTER 13 Weather Forecasting.
CHAPTER 14 Thunderstorms.
CHAPTER 15 Tornadoes.
CHAPTER 16 Hurricanes.
CHAPTER 17 Global Climate.
CHAPTER 18 Earth’s Changing Climate.
CHAPTER 19 Air Pollution.
CHAPTER 20 Light, Color, and Atmospheric Optics.



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