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Understanding Weather and Climate
Edward Aguado,James E. Burt +1 more
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In this paper, the authors discuss the composition and structure of the atmosphere, and present a model of the current and future climate changes, as well as the current, past and future conditions of the world.Abstract:
I. ENERGY AND MASS. 1. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere. 2. Solar Radiation and the Seasons. 3. Energy Balance and Temperature. 4. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind. II. WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE. 5. Atmospheric Moisture. 6. Cloud Development and Forms. 7. Precipitation Processes. III. DISTRIBUTION AND MOVEMENT OF AIR. 8. Atmospheric Circulation and Pressure Distributions. 9. Air Masses and Fronts. IV. DISTURBANCES. 10. Mid-Latitude Cyclones. 11. Lightning, Thunder, and Tornadoes. 12. Tropical Storms and Hurricanes. V. HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL TOPICS. 13. Weather Forecasting and Analysis. 14. Human Effects: Air Pollution and Heat Islands. VI. CURRENT, PAST AND FUTURE CLIMATES. 15. Earth's Climates. 16. Climate Changes: Past and Future. VII. SPECIAL TOPICS AND APPENDICES. 17. Atmospheric Optics. Appendix A: Unit of Measurement and Conversions. Appendix B: The Standard Atmosphere. Appendix C: Weather Map Symbols. Appendix D: Weather Extremes. Glossary. Index.read more
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A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA
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Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii
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Review of urban climate research in (sub)tropical regions
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Comparison of a logistic regression and Naïve Bayes classifier in landslide susceptibility assessments: The influence of models complexity and training dataset size
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Biological relativity to water–energy dynamics
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