Understanding Weather and Climate
Third Edition

by
Edward Aguado
James E. Burt

In partnership with the book, Understanding Weather and Climate, this text-specific Web site provides a forum where professors and students can expand their investigation of meteorology and atmospheric science.

To begin, use the list below or the Jump To menu above to select a chapter.

1. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
2. Solar Radiation and the Seasons
3. Energy Balance and Temperature
4. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
5. Atmospheric Moisture
6. Cloud Development and Forms
7. Precipitation Processes
8. Atmospheric Circulation and Pressure Distributions
9. Air Masses and Fronts
10. Mid-latitude Cyclones
11. Lightning, Thunder, and Tornadoes
12. Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
13. Weather Forecasting and Analysis
14. Human Effects: Air Pollution and Heat Islands
15. Earth's Climates
16. Climate Changes: Past and Future
17. Atmospheric Optics

Special thanks to web authors Richard Snow and Dan Roy