208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Weather provides a wide variety of stimuli for our senses. The sound of thunder and gales, the smell of damp soil at the start of a summer thunderstorm are but temporary phenomena while the visual panorama of the changing sky that provides a more revealing insight into the workings of the dynamic atmosphere. Understanding Weather shows how it is possible to understand weather and climate by... Read more
Heat and moisture in the atmosphere
The dynamic atmosphere - energy, motion and the creation of weather systems
Observing weather from the Earth's surface
Observation from space: the view from above
Climates of the mid-latitudes
Tropical climates
The dynamic atmosphere - energy, motion and the creation of weather systems
Observing weather from the Earth's surface
Observation from space: the view from above
Climates of the mid-latitudes
Tropical climates
Biography
Julian Mayes and Karel Hughes are both Senior Lecturers in the Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, UK.
The use of satellite imagery to support the text is very good. Overall it is a very accessible text that I'm sure students will have no problem getting to grips with.
C. Holt, University College Northampton
It adopts a slightly different approach to the subject, which I found refreshing.
Sevenoaks Chronicle
