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The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology remains the standard introduction in its field, reinforcing basic concepts with everyday, easy-to-grasp examples. This revision retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens: a friendly, largely non-technical narrative, timely coverage of recent atmospheric events, and carefully crafted artwork by leading science illustrator Dennis Tasa. The 12th Edition maintains a student-friendly approach while evolving to address various course challenges and trends.  Each chapter in this revision is organised by a new active learning path to help guide and engage non-science majors. A greater focus on popular and increasingly important Severe & Hazardous Weather applications, new critical visual analysis Eye on the Atmosphere features, as well as new discussions of the real-world career opportunities of meteorology with Professional Profile essays, make the science both relevant and exciting. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

The Atmosphere: Pearson New International Edition

• Table of Contents


• 1. Glossary


• 2. Introduction to the Atmosphere


• 3. Heating Earth?s Surface and Atmosphere


• 4. Temperature


• 5. Moisture and Atmospheric Stability


• 6. Forms of Condensation and Precipitation


• 7. Air Pressure and Winds


• 8. Circulation of the Atmosphere


• 9. Air Masses


• 10. Midlatitude Cyclones


• 11. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes


• 12. Hurricanes


• 13. Air Pollution


• 14. Weather Analysis and Forecasting


• 15. The Changing Climate


• 16. World Climates


• 17. Optical Phenomena of the Atmosphere


• 18. Appendix: Metric Units


• 19. Appendix: Explanation and Decoding of the Daily Weather Map


• 20. Appendix: Relative Humidity and Dew-Point Tables


• 21. Appendix: Laws Relating to Gases


• 22. Appendix: Newton?s Laws, Pressure?Gradient Force, and Coriolis Force


• 23. Appendix: Saffir?Simpson Hurricane Scale


• 24. Appendix: Climate Data


• 25. Cloud Guide


• 26. Earth from Space


• 27. Temperature and Precipitation Extremes


• Index


• A


• B


• C


• D


• E


• F


• G


• H


• I


• J


• K


• L


• M


• N


• O


• P


• Q


• R


• S


• T


• U


• V


• W


• X


• Y


• Z