Exercises in Meteorology, 2/E
Robert A. Paul, Northern Essex Community College

ISBN-10: 0023932120
ISBN-13: 9780023932120

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1996
Format: Paper; 272 pp
Published: 02/07/1996

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For undegraduate-level courses in Meteorology, Weather, Weather and Climate, Earth Science.

This basic laboratory manual is designed for use in a range of different courses and is keyed to the most widely used meteorology and related textbooks. It offers balanced coverage of traditional topics — e.g., the atmosphere, Earth-sun relationships, solar radiation, climate and climatic analysis, etc. — and a great variety of practical exercises that vary in rigor and emphasize the use of real data. Supportive text and finely focused study questions are included.

  • features class-tested exercises designed to both help students “discover” the meaning and significance of conditions from actual weather/atmospheric data, and to reinforce basic concepts and interrelationships among topics.
  • divides exercises into sets (chapters) that reflect balanced coverage of universally recognized major topics, allowing them to be used with any textbook in any related course, regardless of how they are organized.
  • begins each chapter with simple exercises and builds toward more complex ones.
  • places great emphasis throughout on working with real data.
  • offers supportive text where needed.
  • gives special treatment to the weather map as a basic tool.
  • highlights the many cross-relationships of facts and processes that are covered in separate, but related chapters.
  • provides precisely focused review questions at the end of each chapter.
  • contains extensive tables — in appendices.

(NOTE: Each chapter begins with Exercises and concludes with Review and Study Questions.)

 1. Introduction to Weather and Isopleths.


 2. The Atmosphere.


 3. Earth-Sun Relationships.


 4. Solar Radiation.


 5. Temperature.


 6. Air Pressure.


 7. Wind and the Global Circulation.


 8. Moisture in the Atmosphere.


 9. Atmospheric Stability and Adiabatics.


10. Air Masses, Fronts, and Severe Storms.


11. The Weather Map.


12. Weather Analysis and Forecasting.


13. Climate and Climatic Analysis.

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