Wiley in collaboration with the National Geographic Society,
c2008
200801
xxvi, 500 p. :
col. ill., col. maps ;
28 cm
Includes index
Introducing weather and climate -- The Earth's atmosphere -- The Earth's global energy balance -- Surface temperature and its variation -- Atmospheric moisture -- Winds -- Global atmospheric and oceanic circulation -- Midlatitude weather systems -- Tropical weather systems -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- The global scope of climate -- Climates of the world -- Climate variability -- Human interaction with weather and climate -- Weather forecasting and numerical modeling -- Human-induced climate change and climate forecasting