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Understanding Weather
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Artikel-Nr:
9780340806111
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.05.2004
Seiten:
208
Autor:
Julian Mayes
Gewicht:
366 g
Format:
245x173x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Julian Mayes and Karel Hughes are both Senior Lecturers in the Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, UK.
This book shows how it is possible to understand weather and climate by combining our ability to observe weather systems from the earth's surface with visualization from above--notably by means of satellite imagery. It aims to show that it is possible to analyze global weather systems through this visual technology rather than the traditional use of math and physics. After examining the interaction of atmospheric heat, moisture, and motion, and contrasting the "above" and "below" approaches techniques of observation, the authors survey the world's climatess with key weather features, highlighting the ways in which weather events may develop into atmospheric hazards.
Heat and moisture in the atmosphereThe dynamic atmosphere - energy, motion and the creation of weather systemsObserving weather from the Earth's surfaceObservation from space: the view from aboveClimates of the mid-latitudesTropical climates