Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology

by Robert M. Rauber, John E. Walsh, Donna J. Charlevoix

Severe and Hazardous Weather, Third Edition, provides the fundamentals of the atmosphere, as well as recent historical weather events that students are likely to remember. This approach to meteorology provides an excellent way to stimulate student interest in the underlying physics and dynamics of weather systems. This text will give major and non-major students a new appreciation for the power and complexities of severe weather, and how hazardous weather events develop and evolve in the atmosphere.

Current, relevant and scientifically accurate discussions off all types of hazardous weather.

Complete chapter dedicated to climate, climate change, and global warming.

All chapters include introductory discussions on the link between global warming and hazardous weather.

Information and figures highlighting hurricane Katrina

Thunderstorm chapter now includes an introductory section on non-severe thunderstorms and the Supercell event of March 2007.

Detailed information about the EF (Enhanced Fujita) system

Focus and Online sections include recent historic weather events

This text is designed for introductory meteorology courses, and introductory courses in severe and hazardous weather. For use at universities and colleges with non-science majors, as well as meteorology majors. Also appropriate for advanced high school courses.

Genres: Textbooks

642 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 1220