Eye to the Sky

Author:

Steven Businger, Ph.D.

Publication Date:

09/2006

Page Count:

244

ISBN:

978-0-9787831-1-2

Binding:

Perfect with perforated pages

Trim Size:

8.5 x 11 inches.

Markets Sold In:

Academic

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Description

Giving students of diverse academic backgrounds an opportunity to explore and understand, firsthand, the underlying physical principles of our everyday atmospheric environment through the art of making and interpreting observations. This book features a variety of exercises that rely on analysis of provided weather observations. These activities foster understanding of the wide range of observations made about our atmospheric environment, with an emphasis on recognizing patterns and anticipating the future state of the atmosphere.

This lab manual is appropriate for Introduction to Weather and Climate courses at the undergraduate level. It is also suitable for high school science classes with a geoscience focus.

Benefits

• This lab manual is different -- it teaches the scientific method through hands-on experiments that are easy to conduct and it contains inexpensive materials.
• The wide range of activities allows instructors to make selections that suit the emphasis of their accompanying lecture course.
• Labs and analysis exercises can be easily enhanced with widely available web resources, many of which are identified in the labs and Appendix.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Origin and Composition of the Atmosphere

Chapter 2: Pressure And Temperature

Chapter 3: Sunlight and the Earth’s Climate

Chapter 4: Weather’s Invisible

Chapter 5: Clouds And Precipitation

Chapter 6: Wind, the General Circulation, and Storms

Chapter 7: Weather Forecasting

Chapter 8: Severe Thunderstorms and Hurricanes

Chapter 9 Atmospheric Pollution and Global Warming

Chapter 10: Sky Lights

Appendix: Online Resources