Frederick K. Lutgens - The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology

An Introduction to Meteorology

Fourteenth Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lutgens, Frederick K., author. | Tarbuck, Edward J., author. | Herman, Redina L., author. | Tasa, Dennis, illustrator.
Title: The atmosphere : an introduction to meteorology / Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck, Redina L. Herman; illustrated by Dennis Tasa.
Description: Fourteenth edition. | New York : Pearson, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017049640
Subjects: LCSH: Atmosphere. | Meteorology. | Weather.
Classification: LCC QC861.2 .L87 2018 | DDC 551.5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049640

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(Student edition) ISBN 10: 0-134-75858-7
(Student edition) ISBN 13: 978-0-134-75858-9

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Weather is something we experience firsthand, but often we dont know why things happen the way they do. The fourteenth edition of The Atmosphere helps students understand why these things happen. This college-level textbook is a nontechnical survey of weather and the atmosphere, intended for students taking their first, and perhaps only, course in meteorology. Our goal in writing The Atmosphere is to help students understand the processes that control our weather and be able to apply this information in their daily lives.

The fourteenth edition of The Atmosphere is streamlined to be more student oriented, with guideposts to a clear learning path from beginning to end of each chapter. We make use of experience gained from many years of teaching introductory weather and climate courses to add more process-oriented descriptions. Some chapters are reorganized and significantly revised to improve the flow of the discussion, and the material is updated based on current meteorology research. Most chapters have been reduced in length without cutting important content. Some of the textbook-wide changes include the following:

• An improved active learning path that creates a learning ladder, where each rung brings a deeper mastery of the material:

  • Focus on Concepts, appearing at the beginning of each chapter, lists learning objectives (many of which have been revised) to help students get a lay of the land before starting the chapter.

  • Each major section repeats the learning goal with a single bulleted visual to keep students focused.

  • Key concepts in every section are highlighted using one to two pull quotes (NEW) to help students synthesize the section information.

  • Key terms are in bold where they are defined in the text.

  • Concept Checks are a set of three to four questions placed at the end of each major section to help students test their recall of the main points of the section.

  • Concepts in Review tie back to Focus on Concepts (the learning objectives), summarize the main points (many revised) for each section, and now incorporate visual cues for each section to aid with recall and understanding. These reviews bring the learning path full circle for students.

  • Review Questions (NEW) provide students with an opportunity to test their understanding of the chapter as a whole.

  • Requiring a higher level of understanding, the