Meteorology today: an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Earth and Its Atmosphere
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Rising Air Cools and Sinking Air Warms 38
Radiant Energy 39
Overview of the Earths Atmosphere 4 Radiation and Temperature 40
Composition of the Atmosphere 4 Radiation of the Sun and Earth 40
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
A Breath of Fresh Air 6 Wave Energy, Sun Burning, and UV Rays 42
The Early Atmosphere 9 Radiation-Absorption, Emission, and
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere 10 Equilibrium 42
A Brief Look at Air Pressure and Air Density 10 Selective Absorbers and the Atmospheric Greenhouse
Layers of the Atmosphere 12 Effect 44
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Enhancement of the Greenhouse Effect 45
The Atmospheres of Other Planets 14 Warming the Air from Below 47
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
The Radiosonde 16
Questions for Review 27
Questions for Thought 28
Problems and Exercises 28
CHAPTER 2
Shortwave Radiation Streaming from the Sun 48
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Blue Skies, Red Suns, and White Clouds 49
iA7 .l j /i,- it The Earths Annual Energy Balance 49
Weather and Climate 17 , ., ,,.
, ^ , ATifTT-4 io Solar Particles and the Aurora 52
Meteorology-A Brief History 18
A Satellites View of the Weather 19 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Weather and Climate in Our Lives 23 Characteristics of the Sun 52
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Summary 55
What is a Meteorologist? 24 Key Terms 55
Questions for Review 55
y Questions for Thought 56
Problems and Exercises 56
Energy: Warming the Earth
and the Atmosphere 30
Energy, Temperature, and Heat 32
Temperature Scales 33
Specific Heat 34
Latent Heat-The Hidden Warmth 34
Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere 36
Conduction 36
Convection 37
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
The Fate of a Sunbeam 37
VII
CHAPTER 3______________________________________ Summary 89
= Key Terms 89
Questions for Review 89
Questions for Thought 90
Seasonal and Daily Temperatures 58
Why the Earth Has Seasons 60 Problems and Exercises 91
Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere 61
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC CHAPTER 4
Is December 21 Really the First Day of Winter? 65 =====
Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere 66 AtmOSpherJC Humidity 92
Local Seasonal Variations 66
Daily Warming and Cooling Air Near the Surface 67 Circulation of Water in the Atmosphere 94
Daytime Warming 67 The Many Phases of Water 95
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Evaporation, Condensation, and Saturation 95
Solar Heating and the Noonday Sun 68 Humidity 97
,T. , . ,. , Specific Humidity and Mixing Ratio 97
Nighttime Cooling 69 Vapor Pressure 98
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Relative Humidity 99
Record High Temperatures 70 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Vapor Pressure and Boiling-The Higher You Go,
Record Low Temperatures 74 the Longer Cooking Takes 100
Daily Temperature Variations 77 Relative Humidity and Dew Point 100
Regional Temperature Variations 78 Comparing Humidities 104
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Relative Humidity in the Home 105
When It Comes to Temperature, What s Normal? 79 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Applications of Air Temperature 82 Computing Relative Humidity and Dew Point 106
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Relative Humidity and Human Discomfort 107
A Thousand Degrees and Freezing to Death 84 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Air Temperature and Human Comfort 84 Which Is Heavier-Humid Air or Dry Air? 109
Measuring Air Temperature 86 Measuring Humidity 110
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Summary 111
Why Thermometers Should Be Read in the Shade 88 Key Terms 111
Questions for Review 111
Questions for Thought 112
Problems and Exercises 112
PTER 5
Condensation: Dew, Fog, and
Clouds in
The Formation of Dew and Frost 116
Condensation Nuclei 117
Haze 117
Fog 118
Radiation Fog 119
Advection Fog 120
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Why Are Headlands Usually Foggier Than Beaches? 121
Upslope Fog 122
Evaporation (Mixing) Fog 122
Foggy Weather 123
VIII
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC CHAPTER 7
Fog That Forms by Mixing 124 =============
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE PreCipitatJOn 168
Fog Dispersal 126
Clouds 127 Precipitation Processes 170
Classification of Clouds 127 How Do Cloud Droplets Grow Larger? 170
Cloud Identification 128 Collision and Coalescence Process 171
Some Unusual Clouds 133 Ice-Crystal (Bergeron) Process 173
Cloud Observations 135 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION The feezing of Tiny Cloud Droplets 174
Measuring Cloud Ceilings 137 Cloud Seeding and Precipitation 176
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Precipitation in Clouds 178
Satellites Do More Than Observe Clouds 141 FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
Summary 142 ^oes Cloud Seeding Enhance Precipitation? 178
Key Terms 142 Precipitation Types 180
Questions for Review 142 Rain 180
Questions for Thought 143 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Problems and Exercises 143 Are Raindrops Tear-Shaped? 181
Snow 181
CHAPTER 6_________________________________________ FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
- : : : :; ¦--•¦¦¦¦-. . , ¦ ¦ = Snowing When the Air Temperature Is Well Above
Stability and Cloud Development U4 Freezin9 183
Sleet and Freezing Rain 185
Atmospheric Stability 146 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Determining Stability 147 Sounds and Snowfalls 187
A Stable Atmosphere 147
An Unstable Atmosphere 149 Snow Grains and Snow Pellets 187
A Conditionally Unstable Atmosphere 151 FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Aircraft Icing 188
Subsidence Inversions Put a Lid on It 152 Hail 189
Causes of Instability 152 Measuring Precipitation 191
Cloud Development 154 Instruments 191
Convection and Clouds 154 Doppler Radar and Precipitation 192
Measuring Precipitation from Space 194
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Summary 195
Atmospheric Stability and Windy Afternoons-Hold On Kev Terms 195
to Your Hat 155 Questions for Review 195
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Questions for Thought 196
Determining Convective Cloud Bases 159 Problems and Exercises 196
Topography and Clouds 159
FOCUS ON AN ADVANCED TOPIC CHAPTER 8
Adiabatic Charts 162
changing cioud Forms 164 Air Pressure and Winds i98
Summary 166
Key Terms 166 Atmospheric Pressure 200
Questions for Review 166 Horizontal Pressure Variations-A Tale of Two
Questions for Thought 166 Cities 200
Problems and Exercises 167 Daily Pressure Variations 201
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
The Atmosphere Obeys the Gas Law 202
Pressure Measurements 203
Pressure Readings 204
IX
Surface and Upper-Level Charts 206 Katabatic Winds .244
Newton s Laws of Motion 209 Chinook (Foehn) Winds 245
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Flying on a Constant Pressure Surface-High to Low, Snow Eaters and Rapid Temperature Changes 246
Look Out Below 210 Santa Ana Winds 247
Forces That Influence the Winds 211 Desert Winds 249
Pressure Gradient Force 211 Seasonally Changing Winds-The Monsoon 251
Coriolis Force 212 Determining Wind Direction and Speed 254
Straight-Line Flow Aloft-Geostrophic Winds 215 The Influence of Prevailing Winds 255
FOCUS ON AN ADVANCED TOPIC wind Measurements 256
A Mathematical Look at the Geostrophic Wind 216 FOCUS ON A SPECIAL TOPIC
Curved Winds Around Lows and Highs Aloft- Wind Power 257
Gradient Winds 216 FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Observing Winds from Space 259
Estimating Wind Direction and Pressure Patterns Aloft by Summary 260
Watching Clouds 218 Key Terms 260
Winds on Upper-Level Charts 219 Questions for Review 260
Surface Winds 220 Questions for Thought 261
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Problems and Exercises 262
Winds Aloft in the Southern Hemisphere 221
Winds and Vertical Air Motions 222 CHAPTER 10_________________________________
FOCUS ON AN ADVANCED TOPIC
The Hydrostatic Equation 224 Wind: Global Systems 264
^ ,. General Circulation of the Atmosphere 266
Key terms 225 r
Questions for Review 225
Questions for Thought 22(
Problems and Exercises 227
™ ,- uenerai circulation or
Key Terms 225 Single-Cell Model 266
Three-Cell Model 267
Questions for Thought 226 . , ,... , , _
,, , ° ,_ Average Surface Winds and Pressure:
The Real World 269
The General Circulation and Precipitation
CHAPTER 9 Patterns 271
Average Wind Flow and Pressure Patterns Aloft 272
Wind: Small-Scale and Local F0CUS 0N AN observation
The Dishpan Experiment 274
Jet Streams 274
Systems 22s
Scales of Motion 230 The Formation of the Jet Streams 275
Small-Scale Winds Interacting with the Environment 230 °ther Jet Streams 277
Friction and Turbulence in the Boundary Layer 230 Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions 278
Eddies__Big and Small 233 Global Wind Patterns and Surface Ocean
The Strong Force of the Wind 234 Currents 278
Wind and Soil 234 Upwelling 280
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Eddies and Air Pockets 235
El Nino and the Southern Oscillation 282
Pacific Decadal Oscillation 286
FOCUS ON A SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Wind and Snow 236 ,-, ,.. , , ,.,• ^, r^ « ™-,
w j j,r * *• ~,o.7 El Nino and the Winter Olympics of 2010 287
Wind and Vegetation 237 ^
Wind and Water 238 North Atlantic Oscillation 288
Local Wind Systems 239 Arctic Oscillation 289
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Summary 290
Pedaling into the Wind 240
Thermal Circulations 240
Sea and Land Breezes 241
Mountain and Valley Breezes 243
Key Terms 290
Questions for Review 290
Questions for Thought 291
Problems and Exercises 291
CHAPTER 11
Air Masses and Fronts 292
Air Masses 294
Source Regions 294
Classification 294
Air Masses of North America 295
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Lake-Effect (Enhanced) Snows 297
FOCUS ON A SPECIAL TOPIC
The Return of the Siberian Express 300
Fronts 305
Stationary Fronts 306
Cold Fronts 306
Warm Fronts 309
,,JT, ^ ,,_ A Developing Mid-Latitude Cyclone-The March
Occluded Fronts 313 r ° ;
Storm of 1993 332
FOCUS ON A SPECIAL TOPIC Vorticity, Divergence, and Developing Mid-Latitude
The Wavy Warm Front 312 Cyclones 335
Upper-Air Fronts 315 Vorticity on a Spinning Planet 336
Summary 316 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Key Terms 316 Vorticity and Longwaves 337
Questions for Review 316 ,. . . ., . , _, t ,,A
^ l- c -rx. u* - i-7 Vorticity Advection and Shortwaves 339
Questions tor Ihouaht 317 A . ,
,, j t, . _ Putting It All Together-A Monstrous
Problems and Exercises 317 °
Snowstorm 339
Polar Lows 340
CHAPTER 12 Summary 342
Key Terms 342
Questions for Review 342
Questions for Thought 343
Middle-Latitude Cyclones 318
Polar Front Theory 320 Problems and Exercises 343
Where Do Mid-Latitude Cyclones Tend to Form? 321
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC CHAPTER 13
Northeasters 324
Vertical Structure of Deep Dynamic Lows 324 Wedther ForeCaStinQ 344
Upper-Level Waves and Mid-Latitude Cyclones 326 *
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Acquisition of Weather Information 346
A Closer Look at Convergence and Divergence 327 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
The Necessary Ingredients for a Developing Mid-Latitude Watches, Warnings, and Advisories 347
Cyclone 328 Weather Forecasting Tools 348
Upper-Air Support 328 Weather Forecasting Methods 350
The Role of the Jet Stream 329 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC The Thickness Chart-A Forecasting Tool 350
Jet Streaks and Storms 330 lhe Computer and Weather Forecasting: Numerical
Conveyor Belt Model of Mid-Latitude Cyclones 331 Weather Prediction 351
XI
Why NWS Forecasts Go Awry and Steps to Improve Tornado Formation 413
Them 353 Supercell Tornadoes 413
Other Forecasting Methods 355 Nonsupercell Tornadoes 415
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
TVWeathercasters-How Do They Dolt? 356 Forecasting Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes 416
Types of Forecasts 358 Observing Tornadoes and Severe Weather 417
FOCUS ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS Waterspouts 420
Weather Prediction and the Marketplace 359 Summary 422
Accuracy and Skill in Forecasting 360 ,. r . .._
r j- »-• a, w a, t tic- o^-. Questions for Review 422
Predicting the Weather from Local Signs 362 Jj f Th u
Weather Forecasting Using Surface Charts 362 ,, , °. .
T-, ^ • • *u a* - fiAr *u c .. ?£i Problems and Exercises 423
Determining the Movement of Weather Systems 363
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Forecasting Temperature Advection by CHAPTER 1 5_____________________________________
Watching the Clouds 364 =
A Forecast for Six Cities 366 HurHcaneS 424
A Meteorologist Makes a Prediction 370
Help from the 500-mb Chart 370 Tropical Weather 426
The Computer Provides Assistance 371 Anatomy of a Hurricane 426
A Valid Forecast 371 Hurricane Formation and Dissipation 428
Satellite and Upper- Air Assistance 373 The Right Environment 428
A Day of Rain and Wind 374 The Developing Storm 430
Summary 376 The Storm Dies Out 431
Key Terms 376 Hurricane Stages of Development 431
Questions for Review 376 Investigating the Storm 432
Questions for Thought 377 Hurricane Movement 433
Problems and Exercises 377 FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
How Do Hurricanes Compare with
Middle-Latitude Storms? 434
= Naming Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 437
Devastating Winds, the Storm Surge, and Flooding 438
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Thunderstorms 380 Devastating Tropical Storms 442
Ordinary Cell Thunderstorms 381 Some Notable Hurricanes 443
Multicell Thunderstorms 382 Camille, 1969 443
Supercell Thunderstorms 390 Hugo 443
Thunderstorms and the Dryline 393 Andrew 444
Thunderstorms and Flooding 394 Ivan 445
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Katrina 446
The Terrifying Flash Flood in FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
the Big Thompson Canyon 396 The Record-Setting Atlantic Hurricane Seasons of 2004
Distribution of Thunderstorms 397 and 2005 446
Lightning and Thunder 397 Other Devastating Hurricanes 447
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Hurricane Watches, Warnings, and Forecasts 449
ELVES in the Atmosphere 400 FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION Hurricanes in a Warmer World 450
Don t Sit Under the Apple Tree 405 Modifying Hurricanes 452
Tornadoes 405 Summary 453
Tornado Life Cycle 406 Key Terms 453
Tornado Occurrence and Distribution 407 Questions for Review 453
Tornado Winds 408 Questions for Thought 454
Tornado Outbreaks 411 Problems and Exercises 454
CHAPTER 14
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes 378
XII
CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17
Earth s Changing Climate 456 Global Climate 488
Reconstructing Past Climates 458 A World with Many Climates 490
Climate Throughout the Ages 461 Global Temperatures 490
Temperature Trends during the Past 1000 Years 461 Global Precipitation 491
Temperature Trends during the Past 100-Plus Years 462 FOCUS ON A SPECIAL TOPIC
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC Precipitation Extremes 494
The Ocean s Influence on Rapid Climate Change 463 Climatic Classification 495
Climate Change Caused by Natural Events 464 The Ancient Greeks 495
Climate Change: Feedback Mechanisms 465 The Koppen System 495
Climate Change: Plate Tectonics and Mountain Thornthwaite s System 495
Building 466 The Global Pattern of Climate 496
Climate Change: Variations in the Earths Orbit 467 Tropical Moist Climates (Group A) 498
Climate Change: Variations in Solar Output 469 Dry Climates (Group B) 502
Climate Change: Atmospheric Particles 470 Moist Subtropical Mid-Latitude Climates
Climate Change Caused by Human (Anthropogenic) (Group C) 504
Activities 472 FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Climate Change: Aerosols Injected into the Lower A Desert wjth Qouds and Drizz,e 505
Atmosphere 472
Climate Change: Increasing Levels of Greenhouse F0UCUS 0N A SPECIALTOPIC
Gases 473 When Does a Dry Spell Become a Drought? 508
Climate Change: Land Use Changes 473 Moist Continental Climates (Group D) 509
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Polar Climates (Group E) 511
Nuclear Winter, Cold Summers, and Dead Dinosaurs 474 c Highland Climates (Group H) 514
Summary 51d
Climate Change: Global Warming 475 Kev Terms 515
Recent Global Warming: Perspective 475
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
The Sahel-An Example of Climatic Variability and Human
Existence 476
Future Climate Change: Projections 477
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
The Extremes of 2011: Did Climate Change Play a
Role? 478
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Climate Models-A Quick Glance 480
Consequences of Climate Change:
The Possibilities 481
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
Ozone and the Ozone Hole: Their Influence on Climate
Change 482
Climate Change: Efforts to Curb 485
Climate Change: A Final Note 485
Summary 486
Key Terms 486
Questions for Review 486
Questions for Thought 487
Problems and Exercises 487
XIII
Questions for Review 515 FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Questions for Thought 516 The Fata Morgana 559
Problems and Exercises 516 Halos, Sundogs, and Sun Pillars 559
Rainbows 562
CHAPTER 18 Coronas, Glories, and Heiligenschein 565
¦ ¦--¦ ¦ ¦ .. . . = FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Air Pollution
518
Can It Be a Rainbow If It Is Not Raining? 565
Summary 568
A Brief History of Air Pollution 520 Key Terms 568
Types and Sources of Air Pollutants 521 Questions for Review 568
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Questions for Thought 568
Indoor Air Pollution 522 Problems and Exercises 569
Principal Air Pollutants 523
Ozone in the Troposphere 526 APPEND1XA
Ozone in the Stratosphere 527 Units, Conversions, Abbreviations, and Equations A-1
Air Pollution: Trends and Patterns 530
FOCUS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE APPENDIX B
The Ozone Hole 531 Weather Symbols and the Station Model A-5
Factors That Affect Air Pollution 535
The Role of the Wind 535 APPENDIX C
The Role of Stability and Inversions 535 Beaufort Wind Scale (Over Land) A-7
FOCUS ON A SPECIALTOPIC
Smokestack Plumes 537 APPENDIX D
The Role of Topography 538 Humidity and Dew-Point Tables A-8
Severe Air Pollution Potential 539
FOCUS ON AN OBSERVATION
Five Days in Donora-An Air Pollution Episode 540
Air Pollution and the Urban Environment 541
Acid Deposition 542
FOCUS ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
APPENDIX E
Instant Weather Forecast Chart A-12
APPENDIX F
Heatwaves and Air Pollution: A Deadly Team 543 Changing GMT and UTC to Local Time A-13
Summary 546
Key Terms 546 APPENDIX G
Questions for Review 546 Global Average Annual Precipitation A-14
Questions for Thought 547
Problems and Exercises 547 A P P F N 0 y H
CHAPTER 19
Standard Atmosphere A-16
lU X I
Light, Color, and Hurricane Tracking Chart A-17
Atmospheric Optics 54s
APPENDIX J
White and Colors 550 Adiabatic Chart A-18
White Clouds and Scattered Light 550
Blue Skies and Hazy Days 551
Red Suns and Blue Moons 553 Glossary G-l
Twinkling, Twilight, and the Green Flash 554 Additional Reading Material R-1
The Mirage: Seeing Is Not Believing 557 Index I-1
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