An Introduction to Weather and Climate

by Neel Desai and Alicia Mullens

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Designed to close a real gap in open meteorology resources, this book offers a beginner-friendly, qualitative survey of the field. Building on the University of Hawai'i's "Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena" and Oregon State University's "Introduction to Climate Science," it serves as an approachable entry point into Meteorology and Climate Science for non-majors and anyone curious about the subject.

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Publisher
De Anza College
Subjects
Geosciences
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Title Page
  3. InfoPage
  4. Program Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. Accessibility Statement
  8. About the Textbook
  9. About the Authors
  10. 1: Earth's Atmosphere
  11. 1.1: Overview of Earth’s Atmosphere
  12. 1.2: Equation of State — Ideal Gas Law
  13. 1.3: Layers of the Atmosphere
  14. 1.4: Weather and Climate- What’s the Difference?
  15. 1.5: Chapter 1 Reference Guide- Coordinate Systems, Units, Terminology
  16. 1.6: Exercises for Chapter 1
  17. 1.7: Accessible Descriptions
  18. 2: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere
  19. 2.1: Temperature
  20. 2.2: Latent Heat
  21. 2.3: Heat Transfer
  22. 2.4: Electromagnetic waves
  23. 2.5: Characterizing Emission
  24. 2.6: Radiation Interaction with the Atmosphere
  25. 2.7: Surface Energy Balance
  26. 2.8: Variations in Radiation
  27. 2.9: Exercises
  28. 3: Air Temperature
  29. 3.1: Air Temperature Measurements
  30. 3.2: Daily Temperature Variations
  31. 3.3: Seasonal Air Temperature Variations
  32. 3.4: Exercises for Chapter 3
  33. 4: Water Vapor
  34. 4.1: Saturation
  35. 4.2: Humidity
  36. 4.3: The Heat Index
  37. 4.4: Dew and Frost
  38. 4.5: Fog
  39. 4.6: Clouds
  40. 4.7: Exercises
  41. 5: Atmospheric Stability and Precipitation
  42. 5.1: What is Stability?
  43. 5.2: Atmospheric Stability and Lapse Rates
  44. 5.3: Cloud Droplets
  45. 5.4: Precipitation Types
  46. 5.5: Exercises for Chapter 5
  47. 6: Atmospheric Forces and Wind
  48. 6.1: Wind
  49. 6.2: Force Balances
  50. 6.3: Exercises
  51. 7: General Circulation
  52. 7.1: Differential Heating
  53. 7.2: Single-Cell Model
  54. 7.3: Three-Cell Model
  55. 7.4: Jet streams
  56. 7.5: Exercises for Chapter 7
  57. 7.6: Accessible Descriptions
  58. 8: Fronts and Airmasses
  59. 8.1: Air Masses
  60. 8.2: Fronts
  61. 8.3: Mid-latitude Frontal Cyclones
  62. 8.4: Cyclogenesis
  63. 8.5: Exercises
  64. 9: Weather Reports and Map Analysis
  65. 9.1: Meteorological Reports and Observations
  66. 9.2: Synoptic Weather Maps
  67. 9.3: Map Analysis
  68. 9.4: Exercises for Chapter 9
  69. 10: Thunderstorms
  70. 10.1: Thunderstorms formation and types
  71. 10.2: Precipitation during Thunderstorms
  72. 10.3: Winds during thunderstorms
  73. 10.4: Lightning and Thunder
  74. 10.5: Tornadoes
  75. 10.6: Keeping Yourself Safe
  76. 10.7: Exercises
  77. 10.8: Accessible Descriptions
  78. 11: Atmospheric Optics
  79. 11.1: Visible Light and Scattering
  80. 11.2: Visibility
  81. 11.3: Exercises for Chapter 11
  82. 11.4: Accessible Descriptions
  83. 12: Global Climate and Climate Change
  84. 12.1: Regional Climates
  85. 12.2: Proxies
  86. 12.3: Past Climate Changes
  87. 12.4: Causes of Climate Change
  88. 12.5: Recent Climate Change
  89. 12.6: Solutions
  90. 12.7: Exercises
  91. 12.8: Accessible Descriptions
  92. Back Matter
  93. Index
  94. Glossary
  95. Detailed Licensing
  96. Detailed Licensing