Meteorology Today

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

The title is very apt. For anybody fascinated with descriptive ideas (no maths)of basic meteorology and environment systems - how they work, this book covers just about every topic of interest to us today. Content material is clearly laid out and straightforward to understand. The graphics are first class. This is a great e-book for primary understanding of the workings of our atmosphere. I congratulate the author. As a companion and for additional indepth information (with simle maths) I counsel Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers.


I train at the area people faculty and for the primary semester instructing "Weather and Climate", I was handed Ahrens' paperback version of this text. The hardback version is just a few dollars extra and includes rather more information. Each chapter deals with just a single topic of climate phenomenon, corresponding to a separate chapter about tornadoes and a special one on Hurricanes. Extreme weather isn't grouped together right into a single chapter.

The structure of the fabric is course of oriented. This text will give simple-to-perceive information about the processes of meteorology. In simple language, Ahrens explains why weather "occurs", but the ebook doesn't dwell on the arithmetic of the processes, so is simple to know by non-technical people. The graphics are top quality, the related publisher's web page for this text hosts fairly a bit of content material related to the textual content, and the textual content is up to date regularly to include the most recent weather phenomenon, resembling final yr's hurricanes.

If I have been to have a criticism, the textual content is mild on world weather. World air circulation, ocean present, and different small-scale meteorological components are discussed. However, apart from part of a chapter coping with the Köppen system, large-scale climate outdoors the United States shouldn't be investigated to any diploma of depth. For example, if I wished an understanding of seasonal weather that I might encounter in a visit to Italy ... I'd be significantly better served with an internet search.

 Meteorology Today
C. Donald Ahrens (Author)
 624 pages
Brooks Cole; 9 edition (July 2, 2008)

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