Understanding Weather & Climate, Global Edition, 7th edition

Engage Students in Learning About Atmospheric Processes

Aguado/Burts Understanding Weather and Climate illustrates meteorology and climatology using everyday occurrences and inspired technology tutorials to engage students in learning about atmospheric processes and patterns. The Seventh Edition extends coverage of global climate change with new and unique sections covering oceans and climate in the Earth system. Each chapter also focuses on the human aspect of weather and climate, covering high interest weather-related hazards that draw students into the course, while incorporating the latest science and the most relevant issues.

This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience. Heres how:

• Integrated Mobile-Ready Videos: Students use their mobile devices to scan Quick Response (QR) codes in the book to view videos, for just-in-time visualization of key meteorological concepts and applications.
• Engage Students with Real-World Applications and Environmental Impacts: Case Studiescover weather hazards and how they impact people and society.
• Emphasis on Oceans and Climate and on Climate Change: New and unique coverage on Oceans and their role in regulating weather and climate has been added in chapters 8, 15, and 16.
• Focus on Fundamentals and Learning Path: Greater focus on the scientific method and basic concepts to help guide students.

Hallmark Features

Engage Students with Real-World Applications and Environmental Impacts

• NEW! Focus on the Environment and Societal Impacts feature covers weather hazards on people and society, not just looking at the physical principles, but also at the broader human issues, and mitigation policies and strategies. These case studies are grounded in real-world examples that illustrate the broad impacts on people and society and the decision-making that goes into coping with weather events.
• Focus on Aviation features examine meteorological challenges and impacts on aviation.
• Focus on Severe Weather features explore severe and hazardous weather phenomena.
• Special Interest features treat interesting topics related to the chapter themes, without interrupting the main narrative.
• Forecasting features describe how the principles discussed in the chapter can be used in forecasting, and often include simple “rules of thumb” that help students make their own forecasts.
• Did You Know? inserts throughout the book discuss interesting and unexpected facts.
• Physical Principles features provide optional mathematical explorations of key physical processes, and accommodate students who have a more quantitative interest in the topic.

Emphasis on Oceans and Climate and on Climate Change

• NEW! Emphasis on Oceans and their role in regulating weather and climate, including dedicated sections in Chapters 8, 15, and 16 on Oceans and Climate offering a unique coverage no other book has.
• NEW! The latest climate change science is integrated throughout, leveraging the findings of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report.

New to this Edition

• NEW! Focus on the Environment and Societal Impacts feature covers weather hazards on people and society, not just looking at the physical principles, but also at the broader human issues, and mitigation policies and strategies. These case studies are grounded in real-world examples that illustrate the broad impacts on people and society and the decision-making that goes into coping with weather events.
• NEW! Emphasis on Oceans and their role in regulating weather and climate, including dedicated sections in Chapters 8, 15, and 16 on Oceans and Climate offering a unique coverage no other book has.
• NEW! The latest climate change science is integrated throughout, leveraging the findings of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report.