Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

Revised and updated, the 7th edition of this book provides a comprehensive guide to the earth's weather processes, climatic conditions, and human impacts on climate change. Topical issues of global change and responses to climate, and mid-to-late-1990s scientific ideas, are expressed in a clear, non-mathematical manner. New features for the 7th edition incude: extended coverage of regional climates - Australasia, sub-arctic and polar regions, and the former USSR; updated analysis of global warming, desertification, mid-latitude synoptic systems, local climates, the role of the oceans and atmosphere/earth/ocean interactions; sections on thunderstorms, teleconnections, typhoon paths over Asia, Australian monsoons, boreal forest and tropical urban climates; discussion of environmental impacts of climate change and predicted changes over the next millenium; coverage of the 1995 IPCC results on climate trends and projected responses; and extended further reading, bibliography and chapter summaries.