Description
Book SynopsisAbout our authors
Fred Lutgens received his BS and MS from Illinois State University. Ed Tarbuck received his BS from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and his MA from Indiana University. Both are professors emeriti from Illinois Central College. They have been good friends and colleagues since 1970. Joining Lutgens and Tarbuck for the first time in the 14th edition is Redina Herman who received her PhD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Between them, they have more than 60 years of experience teaching geoscience to undergraduates, and both have been recognized with awards as excellent and inspiring professors.
Lutgens and Tarbuck published their first college text, Earth Science, in 1976. That book, winner of the McGuffy Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association, is now in its 15th edition. In 1983, as the first edition of Earth was being prepared, renowned geoscience
Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Atmosphere
- Heating Earth's Surface and Atmosphere
- Temperature
- Moisture and Atmospheric Stability
- Forms of Condensation and Precipitation
- Air Pressure and Winds
- Circulation of the Atmosphere
- Air Masses
- Midlatitude Cyclones
- Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
- Hurricanes
- Weather Analysis and Forecasting
- Air Pollution
- The Changing Climate
- World Climates
- Optical Phenomena of the Atmosphere
APPENDICES
- Metric Units
- Explanation and Decoding of the Daily Weather Map
- Relative Humidity and Dew-Point Tables
- Laws Relating to Gases
- Newton's Laws, Pressure--Gradient Force, and Coriolis Force
- Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
- Climate Data
