商品簡介
1. Earth and its Atmosphere.
2. Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere.
3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures.
4. Atmospheric Humidity.
5. Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds.
6. Stability and Cloud Development.
7. Precipitation.
8. Air Pressure and Winds.
9. Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems.
10. Wind: Global Systems.
11. Air Masses and Fronts.
12. Middle-Latitude Cyclones.
13. Weather Forecasting.
14. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes.
15. Hurricanes.
16. Earth's Changing Climate.
17. Global Climate.
18. Air Pollution.
19. Light, Color, and Atmospheric Optics.
Appendix A: Units, Conversions, Abbreviations, and Equations.
Appendix B: Weather Symbols and the Station Model.
Appendix C: Beaufort Wind Scale.
Appendix D: Humidity and Dew-Point Tables.
Appendix E: Instant Weather Forecast Chart.
Appendix F: Changing GMT and UTC to Local Time.
Appendix G: Average Annual Global Precipitation.
Appendix H: Standard Atmosphere.
Appendix I: Hurricane Tracking Chart.
Appendix J: Adiabatic Chart