The atmosphere : an introduction to meteorology /

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Author / Creator:Lutgens, Frederick K.
Edition:10th ed.
Imprint:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007.
Description:xxiii, 520 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:English
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Atmosphere -- Textooks.
Meteorology -- Textbooks.
Weather -- Textbooks.
Atmosphere.
Meteorology.
Weather.
Textbooks.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6262224
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Other authors / contributors:Tarbuck, Edward J.
ISBN:0131874624
0131874713 (CD-ROM)
9780131874626
Notes:Includes index.

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505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Introduction to the Atmosphere --  |t Meteorology, Weather, and Climate --  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Assault by the Elements --  |t The Nature of Scientific Inquiry --  |t Hypothesis --  |t Theory --  |t Scientific Methods --  |t Observing the Atmosphere --  |t The Atmosphere: A Part of the Earth System --  |t Earth's Four Spheres --  |t Earth System Science --  |t Earth as a System --  |t Composition of the Atmosphere --  |t Major Components --  |t Carbon Dioxide --  |t Variable Components --  |t Ozone Depletion-A Global Issue --  |t The Ozone Hole --  |t Effects of Ozone Depletion --  |t Montreal Protocol --  |t Extent of the Atmosphere --  |t Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere --  |t Troposphere --  |t Stratosphere --  |t Mesosphere --  |t Thermosphere --  |t Vertical Variations in Composition --  |t Ionosphere --  |t The Auroras --  |g Box 1-1.  |t Monitoring Earth From Space --  |g Box 1-2.  |t Earth's Atmosphere Evolves --  |g Box 1-3.  |t Important Reactions Involving Ozone in the Stratosphere --  |g 2.  |t Heating Earth's Surface and Atmosphere --  |t Earth-Sun Relationships --  |t Earth's Motions --  |t The Seasons --  |t Earth's Orientation --  |t Solstices and Equinoxes --  |t Energy Heat and Temperature --  |t Forms of Energy --  |t Temperature --  |t Heat --  |t Mechanisms of Heat Transfer --  |t Conduction --  |t Convection --  |t Radiation --  |t What Happens to Incoming Solar Radiation? --  |t Reflection and Scattering --  |t Absorption by Earth's Surface and Atmosphere --  |t Radiation Emitted by Earth --  |t Heating the Atmosphere --  |t The Greenhouse Effect --  |t Role of Clouds in Heating Earth --  |t Heat Budget --  |t Latitudinal Heat Balance --  |g Box 2-1.  |t When Are the Seasons? --  |g Box 2-2.  |t The Analemma --  |g Box 2-3.  |t Ultraviolet Index --  |g Box 2-4.  |t Radiation Laws --  |g Box 2-5.  |t Infrared Imaging --  |g Box 2-6.  |t Solar Power --  |g 3.  |t Temperature --  |t For the Record: Air-Temperature Data --  |t Why Temperatures Vary: The Controls of Temperature --  |t Land and Water --  |t Ocean Currents --  |t Altitude --  |t Geographic Position --  |t Cloud Cover and Albedo --  |t World Distribution of Temperatures --  |t Cycles of Air Temperature --  |t Daily Temperature Variations --  |t Magnitude of Daily Temperature Changes --  |t Annual Temperature Variations --  |t Temperature Measurement --  |t Mechanical Thermometers --  |t Electrical Thermometers --  |t Instrument Shelters --  |t Temperature Scales --  |t Applications of Temperature Data --  |t Heating Degree-Days --  |t Cooling Degree-Days --  |t Growing Degree-Days --  |t Temperature and Comfort --  |g Box 3-1.  |t North America's Hottest and Coldest Places --  |g Box 3-2.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Heat Waves-Deadly Events --  |g Box 3-3.  |t Latitude and Temperature Range --  |g Box 3-4.  |t How Cities Influence Temperature: The Urban Heat Island --  |g Box 3-5.  |t Windchill: The Cooling Power of Moving Air --  |g 4.  |t Moisture and Atmospheric Stability --  |t Movement of Water Through the Atmosphere --  |t Water's Changes of State --  |t Ice, Liquid Water, and Water Vapor --  |t Latent Heat --  |t Humidity: Water Vapor in the Air --  |t Vapor Pressure and Saturation --  |t Relative Humidity --  |t How Relative Humidity Changes --  |t Natural Changes in Relative Humidity --  |t Dew-Point Temperature --  |t Humidity Measurement --  |t Adiabatic Temperature Changes --  |t Adiabatic Cooling and Condensation --  |t Processes That Lift Air --  |t Orographic Lifting --  |t Frontal Wedging --  |t Convergence --  |t Localized Convective Lifting --  |t The Critical Weathermaker: Atmospheric Stability --  |t Types of Stability --  |t Stability and Daily Weather --  |t How Stability Changes --  |t Temperature Changes and Stability --  |t Vertical Air Movement and Stability --  |g Box 4-1.  |t Water: A Unique Substance --  |g Box 4-2.  |t Dry Air at 100 Percent Relative Humidity? --  |g Box 4-3.  |t Humidifiers and Dehumidifiers --  |g Box 4-4.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Humidity and Heat Stress --  |g Box 4-5.  |t Precipitation Records and Mountainous Terrain --  |g Box 4-6.  |t Orographic Effects: Windward Precipitation and Leeward Rain Shadows --  |g 5.  |t Forms of Condensation and Precipitation --  |t Cloud Formation --  |t Condensation Aloft --  |t Growth of Cloud Droplets --  |t Cloud Classification --  |t High Clouds --  |t Middle Clouds --  |t Low Clouds --  |t Clouds of Vertical Development --  |t Cloud Varieties --  |t Types of Fog --  |t Fogs Formed by Cooling --  |t Fogs Formed by Evaporation --  |t Dew and Frost --  |t How Precipitation Forms --  |t Precipitation from Cold Clouds: The Bergeron Process --  |t Precipitation from Warm Clouds: The Collision-Coalescence Process --  |t Forms of Precipitation --  |t Rain --  |t Snow --  |t Sleet and Glaze --  |t Hail --  |t Rime --  |t Precipitation Measurement --  |t Standard Instruments --  |t Measuring Snowfall --  |t Measurement Errors --  |t Precipitation Measurement by Weather Radar --  |t Intentional Weather Modification --  |t Cloud Seeding --  |t Fog and Cloud Dispersal --  |t Hail Suppression --  |t Frost Prevention --  |t Understanding the Role of Clouds in the Climate System --  |g Box 5-1.  |t Aircraft Contrails and Cloudiness --  |g Box 5-2.  |t Forces Acting on Cloud Droplets and Raindrops --  |g Box 5-3.  |t Science and Serendipity --  |g Box 5-4.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Worst Winter Weather --  |g Box 5-5.  |t The Hail Cannons of Europe --  |g 6.  |t Air Pressure and Winds --  |t Understanding Air Pressure --  |t Measuring Air Pressure --  |t Pressure Changes with Altitude --  |t Horizontal Variations in Air Pressure --  |t Influence of Temperature and Water Vapor on Air Pressure --  |t Airflow and Pressure --  |t Factors Affecting Wind --  |t Pressure-Gradient Force --  |t Coriolis Force --  |t Friction --  |t Winds Aloft and Geostrophic Flow --  |t Curved Flow and the Gradient Wind --  |t Surface Winds --  |t How Winds Generate Vertical Air Motion --  |t Vertical Airflow Associated with Cyclones and Anticyclones --  |t Factors That Promote Vertical Airflow --  |t Wind Measurement --  |g Box 6-1.  |t Air Pressure and Aviation --  |g Box 6-2.  |t Pressure-Gradient Force --  |g Box 6-3.  |t Coriolis Force As a Function of Wind Speed and Latitude --  |g Box 6-4.  |t Do Baseballs Really Fly Farther at Denver's Coors Field? --  |g Box 6-5.  |t Wind Energy: An Alternative with Potential --  |g 7.  |t Circulation of the Atmosphere --  |t Scales of Atmospheric Motion --  |t Large- and Small-Scale Circulation --  |t Structure of Wind Patterns --  |t Local Winds --  |t Land and Sea Breezes --  |t Mountain and Valley Breezes --  |t Chinook (Foehn) Winds --  |t Katabatic (Fall) Winds --  |t Country Breezes --  |t Global Circulation --  |t Single-Cell Circulation Model --  |t Three-Cell Circulation Model --  |t Observed Distribution of Pressure and Winds --  |t Idealized Zonal Pressure Belts --  |t Semipermanent Pressure Systems: The Real World --  |t Monsoons --  |t The Asian Monsoon --  |t The North American Monsoon --  |t The Westerlies --  |t Why Westerlies? --  |t Jet Streams --  |t Origin of the Polar Jet Stream --  |t Subtropical Jet Stream --  |t Waves in the Westerlies --  |t Westerlies and Earth's Heat Budget --  |t Global Winds and Ocean Currents --  |t The Importance of Ocean Currents --  |t Ocean Currents and Upwelling --  |t El Nino and La Nina --  |t Global Distribution of Precipitation --  |t Zonal Distribution of Precipitation --  |t Distribution of Precipitation over the Continents --  |t Precipitation Regimes on a Hypothetical Continent --  |g Box 7-1.  |t Dust Devils --  |g Box 7-2.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Santa Ana Winds and Wildfires --  |g Box 7-3.  |t Monitoring Winds from Space --  |g Box 7-4.  |t Tracking El Nino from Space --  |g 8.  |t Air Masses --  |t What Is an Air Mass? --  |t Source Regions --  |t Classifying Air Masses --  |t Air-Mass Modification --  |t Properties of North American Air Masses --  |t Continental Polar (cP) and Continental Arctic (cA) Air Masses --  |t Lake-Effect Snow: Cold Air over Warm Water --  |t Maritime Polar (mP) Air Masses --  |t Maritime Tropical (mT) Air Masses --  |t Continental Tropical (cT) Air Masses --  |g Box 8-1.  |t The Siberian Express --  |g Box 8-2.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: An Extraordinary Lake-Effect Snowstorm --  |g 9.  |t Weather Patterns --  |t Polar-Front Theory (Norwegian Cyclone Model) --  |t Fronts --  |t Warm Fronts --  |t Cold Fronts --  |t Stationary Fronts --  |t Occluded Fronts --  |t Drylines --  |t Life Cycle of a Mid-latitude Cyclone --  |t Formation: The Clash of Two Air Masses --  |t Development of Cyclonic Flow --  |t Occlusion: The Beginning of the End -- 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 8 0 |t Idealized Weather of a Mid-latitude Cyclone --  |t Cyclone Formation --  |t Cyclonic and Anticyclonic Circulation --  |t Divergence and Convergence Aloft --  |t Traveling Cyclones --  |t Patterns of Movement --  |t Flow Aloft and Cyclonic Migration --  |t Anticyclonic Weather and Blocking Highs --  |t Case Study of a Mid-latitude Cyclone --  |t Violent Spring Weather --  |t Weather in Peoria --  |t A Modern View: The Conveyor Belt Model --  |g Box 9-1.  |t Winds As a Forecasting Tool --  |g Box 9-2.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: The Great Flood of 1993 --  |g 10.  |t Thunderstorms and Tornadoes --  |t What's in a Name? --  |t Thunderstorms --  |t Air-Mass Thunderstorms --  |t Stages of Development --  |t Occurrence --  |t Severe Thunderstorms --  |t Supercell Thunderstorms --  |t Squall Lines and Mesoscale Convective Complexes --  |t Microbursts --  |t Lightning and Thunder --  |t What Causes Lightning? --  |t The Lightning Stroke --  |t Thunder --  |t Tornadoes --  |t The Development and Occurrence of Tornadoes --  |t Tornado Development --  |t Tornado Climatology --  |t Profile of a Tornado --  |t Tornado Destruction --  |t Tornado Forecasting --  |t Tornado Watches and Warnings --  |t Doppler Radar --  |g Box 10-1.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Flash Floods-The Number One Thunderstorm Killer --  |g Box 10-2.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Lightning Safety --  |g Box 10-3.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Surviving a Violent Tornado --  |g Box 10-4.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: The April 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak --  |g Box 10-5.  |t The Doppler Effect --  |g 11.  |t Hurricanes --  |t Profile of a Hurricane --  |t Hurricane Formation and Decay --  |t Hurricane Formation --  |t Hurricane Decay --  |t Hurricane Destruction --  |t Storm Surge --  |t Wind Damage --  |t Inland Flooding --  |t Estimating the Intensity of a Hurricane --  |t Detecting and Tracking Hurricanes --  |t The Role of Satellites --  |t Aircraft Reconnaissance --  |t Radar and Data Buoys --  |t Hurricane Watches and Warnings --  |g Box 11-1.  |t The Conservation of Angular Momentum --  |g Box 11-2.  |t Naming Tropical Storms and Hurricanes --  |g Box 11-3.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Examining Hurricane Katrina from Space --  |g Box 11-4.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: A 3-D Look Inside a Hurricane --  |g 12.  |t Weather Analysis and Forecasting --  |t The Weather Business: A Brief Overview --  |t Weather Analysis --  |t Gathering Data --  |t Weather Maps: Pictures of the Atmosphere --  |t Weather Forecasting --  |t Numerical Weather Prediction: Forecasting by Computer --  |t Other Forecasting Methods --  |t Upper Airflow and Weather Forecasting --  |t Upper-Level Maps --  |t The Connection Between Upper-Level Flow and Surface Weather --  |t Long-Range Forecasts --  |t Forecast Accuracy --  |t Satellites in Weather Forecasting --  |t What Weather Satellites Provide --  |t Satellite Measurements --  |g Box 12-1.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Debris Flow in the San Francisco Bay Region --  |g Box 12-2.  |t Constructing a Synoptic Weather Chart --  |g Box 12-3.  |t Numerical Weather Prediction --  |g Box 12-4.  |t Precipitation Probability Forecasts --  |g Box 12-5.  |t What Is "Normal"? --  |g 13.  |t Air Pollution --  |t A Brief Historical Perspective --  |t Air Pollution: Not a New Problem --  |t Some Historic Episodes --  |t Sources and Types of Air Pollution --  |t Primary Pollutants --  |t Secondary Pollutants --  |t Trends in Air Quality --  |t Meteorological Factors Affecting Air Pollution --  |t Wind As a Factor --  |t The Role of Atmospheric Stability --  |t Acid Precipitation --  |t Extent and Potency of Acid Precipitation --  |t Effects of Acid Precipitation --  |g Box 13-1.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: The Great Smog of 1952 --  |g Box 13-2.  |t Air Pollution Changes the Climate of Cities --  |g Box 13-3.  |t Radon-An Example of Indoor Air Pollution --  |g 14.  |t The Changing Climate --  |t The Climate System --  |t How Is Climate Change Detected? --  |t Seafloor Sediment-A Storehouse of Climate Data --  |t Oxygen Isotope Analysis --  |t Climate Change Recorded in Glacial Ice --  |t Tree Rings-Archives of Environmental History --  |t Other Types of Proxy Data --  |t Natural Causes of Climate Change --  |t Plate Tectonics and Climate Change --  |t Volcanic Activity and Climate Change --  |t Orbital Variations --  |t Solar Variability and Climate --  |t Human Impact on Global Climate --  |t Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases, and Climate Change --  |t CO[subscript 2] Levels Are Rising --  |t The Atmosphere's Response --  |t The Role of Trace Gases --  |t Climate-Feedback Mechanisms --  |t How Aerosols Influence Climate --  |t Some Possible Consequences of Global Warming --  |t Water Resources and Agriculture --  |t Sea-Level Rise --  |t The Changing Arctic --  |t The Potential for "Surprises" --  |g Box 14-1.  |t Cryosphere-The World of Ice --  |g Box 14-2.  |t A Possible Link Between Volcanism and Climate Change in the Geologic Past --  |g Box 14-3.  |t Computer Models of Climate: Important Yet Imperfect Tools --  |g Box 14-4.  |t Possible Consequences of Climate Change on the United States --  |g Box 14-5.  |t Polar Warming and the Collapse of the Antarctic Ice Shelves --  |g 15.  |t World Climates --  |t Climate Classification --  |t Climate Controls: A Summary --  |t Latitude --  |t Land and Water --  |t Geographic Position and Prevailing Winds --  |t Mountains and Highlands --  |t Ocean Currents --  |t Pressure and Wind Systems --  |t World Climates-An Overview --  |t The Wet Tropics (Af, Am) --  |t Temperature Characteristics --  |t Precipitation Characteristics --  |t Tropical Wet and Dry (Aw) --  |t Temperature Characteristics --  |t Precipitation Characteristics --  |t The Monsoon --  |t The Cw Variant --  |t The Dry Climates (B) --  |t What Is Meant by "Dry"? --  |t Subtropical Desert (BWh) and Steppe (BSh) --  |t West Coast Subtropical Deserts --  |t Middle-Latitude Desert (BWk) and Steppe (BSk) --  |t Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C) --  |t Humid Subtropical Climate (Cfa) --  |t The Marine West Coast Climate (Cfb) --  |t The Dry-Summer Subtropical (Mediterranean) Climate (Csa, Csb) --  |t Humid Continental Climates with Severe Winters (D) --  |t Humid Continental Climate (Dfa) --  |t The Subarctic Climate (Dfc, Dfd) --  |t The Polar Climates (E) --  |t The Tundra Climate (ET) --  |t The Ice-Cap Climate (EF) --  |t Highland Climates --  |g Box 15-1.  |t Climate Diagrams --  |g Box 15-2.  |t Clearing the Tropical Rain Forest-The Impact on Its Soils --  |g Box 15-3.  |t The Disappearing Aral Sea --  |g Box 15-4.  |t Atmospheric Hazard: Understanding Drought --  |g 16.  |t Optical Phenomena of the Atmostphere --  |t Nature of Light --  |t Reflection --  |t Refraction --  |t Mirages --  |t Rainbows --  |t Halos, Sun Dogs, and Solar Pillars --  |t The Glory --  |t The Corona --  |g Box 16-1.  |t Are Highway Mirages Real? --  |g Box 16-2.  |t Iridescent Clouds --  |g Appendix A.  |t Metric Units --  |g Appendix B.  |t Explanation and Decoding of the Daily Weather Map --  |g Appendix C.  |t Relative Humitidy and Dew-Point Tables --  |g Appendix D.  |t Laws Relating To Gases --  |g Appendix E.  |t Newton's Laws of Motion --  |g Appendix F.  |t Climate Data. 
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