Exploring Weather and Climate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sampson, Glen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences--Textbooks.

Earth sciences.

Science--Textbooks.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pima, Arizona Glen Sampson [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This textbook is oriented toward a first or second year college science class, or an advanced high school course. Sixteen chapters are present which fits a 16-week college semester. These chapters may be divided into three sections: 1. Atmospheric processes including structure, composition, energy balance, pressure forces, moisture, stability, and precipitation processes in Chapters 1 through 5. 2. Weather systems including global circulation, tropical and extratropical cyclones, thunderstorms, tornadoes, atmospheric optics, and weather forecasting in Chapters 6 through 10. 3. Climate topics including classification, human influences on the atmosphere, natural climate variability, paleoclimate, climate change due to anthropogenic influences, climate projections, and a changing climate's affect on extreme weather in Chapters 11 through 16.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction and Atmospheric Structure

Chapter 2: Energy and Earth's Energy Balance

Chapter 3: Pressure and Wind

Chapter 4: Atmospheric Moisture I

Chapter 5: Atmospheric Moisture II

Chapter 6: Global Circulations

Chapter 7: Midlatitude Cyclones and Wind Systems

Chapter 8: Lightning and Thunderstorms

Chapter 9: Tornadoes and Hurricanes

Chapter 10: Optical Phenomena and Weather Forecasting

Chapter 11: Earth's Climates

Chapter 12: Human Influences on the Atmosphere

Chapter 13: Paleoclimates and Climate Variability

Chapter 14: Anthropogenic Climate Change and Earth's Future Climate

Chapter 15: Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Chapter 16: America's Climate Choices

References, OER, and Public Domain Materials Used

Notes:

Description based on online resource