Meteorology Today by C. Donald Ahrens

Meteorology Today by C. Donald Ahrens (Author). METEOROLOGY TODAY, Ninth Version, is among the most generally used and authoritative texts for the introductory meteorology course. This ninth edition helps you understand and admire the dynamic nature of the inevitable climate phenomena that frequently affect our lives. The textual content's clear and welcoming narrative is supplemented by numerous pedagogical features that encourage observing, calculating, and synthesizing information.

I educate at the local community faculty and for the primary semester instructing "Climate and Local weather", I was handed Ahrens' paperback version of this text. The hardback version is just a few dollars extra and includes rather more information.

Every chapter deals with only a single matter of climate phenomenon, comparable to a separate chapter about tornadoes and a distinct one on Hurricanes. Excessive climate isn't grouped together into a single chapter. The layout of the material is course of oriented. This text will give straightforward-to-perceive details about the processes of meteorology. In simple language, Ahrens explains why weather "happens", however the ebook does not dwell on the mathematics of the processes, so is easy to understand by non-technical people. The graphics are first class, the associated writer's website online for this textual content hosts quite a little bit of content material associated to the text, and the textual content is up to date continuously to include the latest weather phenomenon, reminiscent of final yr's hurricanes.

If I had been to have a grievance, the text is light on world weather. World air circulation, ocean present, and different small-scale meteorological components are discussed. However, apart from part of a chapter dealing with the Köppen system, large-scale climate outside the United States shouldn't be investigated to any diploma of depth. For example, if I needed an understanding of seasonal climate that I would encounter in a visit to Italy ... I might be much better served with an web search. 

However, having said that, I educate this class and that is the textbook I use above the entire others out there today. I have not discovered a greater one. 

 Wow, this e-book is straightforward to observe, easy to grasp, very informative, visually stimulating, lovely illustrating pictures, & PERFECT for studying about meteorology. My view of our mysterious earth will never be the same, I have been enlightened via this powerful ebook! VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 

Meteorology Today

C. Donald Ahrens (Author)

624 pages

Brooks Cole; 9 edition (July 2, 2008)

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