An entirely new way for students to observe, analyze, and understand
meteorology, - Steven A. Ackerman and John A. Knox's METEOROLOGY: UNDERSTANDING
THE ATMOSPHERE is scientific, topical, and scholarly. The authors use vivid
photographs and compelling real-life stories to present the subject of weather
as it directly affects your students. METEOROLOGY generates genuine enthusiasm
for the subject by using conceptual models and engaging narrative to truly make
weather phenomena come alive. METEOROLOGY emphasizes how we observe the
atmosphere and then uses those observations to explain atmospheric phenomena.
New "Observational Questions" further extend this emphasis by asking students to
analyze photographs, data, or their own experiences. By learning how