Understanding Weather and Climate

Tutorials, three-dimensional diagrams and animations ease the presentation of difficult-to-visualize material. Topics include: Solar Geometry Atmospheric Moisture The Coriolis Force Wind and Pressure Aloft Global Energy Balance Adiabatic Processes Atmosheric Forces and Motion Cyclones and Anticyclones Weather in Motion movies, depict events and phenomena discussed in the text. Weather Images, provide additional illustrations of weather phenomena. These include photographs, satellite images, and computer diagrams that complement the text. Media Library provides additional resources for self-guided browsing by the student. Student Activities are short interactive exercises. These exercises cover important topics such as hurricanes and earth-sun relations and are prefaced by the Media Enrichment boxes included in the text. http://www.prenhall.com/aguado The text specific website includes multiple choice questions, quantitative exercises, critical thinking exercises and destinations.Aguado, Edward is the author of 'Understanding Weather and Climate' with ISBN 9780130273949 and ISBN 0130273945.