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Exercises for Weather and Climate, 6/E
Greg Carbone, University of South Carolina

ISBN-10: 0131497014
ISBN-13: 9780131497016

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 224 pp
Published: 03/10/2006

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For courses in Introduction to Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, and Weather and Climate.

 

Available at a reduced price when packaged with a Prentice Hall text, this lab manual’s 18 exercises encourage students to review important ideas and concepts through problem solving, simulations, and guided thinking. This revision features an upgraded graphics program and seven computer-based simulations and tutorials that help students grasp key concepts. It compliments any introductory meteorology or weather and climate text – particularly Aguado/Burt’s Understanding Weather and Climate, 4/E.

• Accompanying Solutions Manual – Contains all solutions to the labs.

 

• Interactive Computer Modules – Presented as JAVA applets, examines topics such as Earth-Sun geometry, radiation fluxes, moisture, hurricanes, and climate controls.

 

• Two—column format with perforated pages.

• An upgraded graphics program.

 

• Seven new computer-based simulations and tutorials that help students grasp key concepts.

 

• Additional exercises on climate change and its causes – Reflects increasing interest by the public, media, and students, particularly in severe storms and their cases.

 

• New labs:

–     Lab 2: Earth-Sun Geometry. New exercises drawing sun angle and calculating daylength; gives students a greater appreciation for daylength and solar intensity variations from one place to another.

–     Lab 8: Atmospheric Motion. Gradient wind exercises; introduces the concept of centripetal force, supergeostrophic flow, and subgeostrophic flow. Also offers more comparisons between idealized and real-world flow.

–     Lab 12: Hurricanes. Information on forecasting skill and Hurricane Katrina; examines forecast improvement over time. Also includes an example of the devastating Katrina in August 2005.

 

• Multimedia revisions to accompanying CD:

–       Addresses concerns about compatibility of the software with updated browsers and computers.

–       Revises Java code to accommodate these changes, and to make the software smoother and available to a wider range of people.

 1. Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere.
 2. Earth-Sun Geometry.
 3. The Surface Energy Budget.
 4. Simulating the Earth's Energy Budget.
 5. Atmospheric Moisture.
 6. Saturation and Atmospheric Stability.
 7. Cloud Droplets and Raindrops.
 8. Atmospheric Motion.
 9. Weather Map Analysis.
10. Mid-Latitude Cyclones.
11. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes.
12. Hurricanes.
13. Climate Controls.
14. Climate Classification.
15. World Climates.
16. Climatic Variability and Change.
17. Simulating Climatic Change.

Appendix A: Dimensions and Units.
Appendix B: Earth Measures.

Appendix C: GeoClock
Appendix D: Weather Symbols.

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