Shonk: Introducing Meteorology

• Jon Shonk, 初版 2013, 第2版 2020: Introducing Meteorology -- A Guide to Weather (Second Edition). Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press Ltd., 160 pp. ISBN 978-1-78046091-8 (paperback), 978-1-78046643-9 (Epub), 978-1-78046645-3 (PDF). 出版社サイトの本書のページ　https://dunedinacademicpress.co.uk/page/detail/Introducing-Meteorology/?K=9781780460918 [読書メモ]

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• Cover
• Title
• Acknowledgments
• Figure Credits
• Preface [(*) text]
• 1. Watching the Weather [(*) text]
  • 1.1 The Influence of Weather
  • 1.2 Weather Watchers
• 2. From Seaweed to Supercomputers [(*) text]
  • 2.1 The Age of Seaweed
  • 2.2 Early Meteorological Advances
  • 2.3 The First Forecasts
  • 2.4 Looking Up into the Atmosphere
  • 2.5 Towards Modern Forecasting
• 3. The Weather Station [(*) text]
  • 3.1 Surface Observations
  • 3.2 Inside the Stevenson Screen
  • 3.3 Outside the Stevenson Screen
  • 3.4 Watching the Skies
  • 3.5 Automatic Weather Stations
• 4. Gauging the Atmosphere
  • 4.1 Measuring the Upper Air
  • 4.2 Radar and Lidar
  • 4.3 Observations from Space
• 5. Anatomy of the Atmosphere
  • 5.1 Composition of the Atmosphere
  • 5.2 Pressure, Temperature and Density
  • 5.3 The Atmospheric Profile
• 6. Water in the Atmosphere
  • 6.1 The Hydrological Cycle
  • 6.2 Humidity and Moisture
  • 6.3 Water Droplets and rain
  • 6.4 Ice Crystals and Snowflakes
• 7. It All Starts with the Sun
  • 7.1 Our Local Star
  • 7.2 The Earth in Equilibrium
  • 7.3 The Effect of the Atmosphere
  • 7.4 The Effect of Clouds
• 8. Hot and Cold
  • 8.1 Surface Temperature
  • 8.2 Adiabatic Ascent
  • 8.3 Clouds, Fog, Dew and Frost
  • 8.4 The Spherical Earth
  • 8.5 Variation of Total Solar Irradiance
  • 8.6 The Earth in Non-Equilibrium
• 9. The Atmosphere in Motion
  • 9.1 Highs, Lows and Circulation of Air
  • 9.2 The Coriolis Effect
  • 9.3 Hadley Cells
  • 9.4 Heat Transport in the Mid-Latitudes
  • 9.5 The Global Circulation
• 10. Mid-Latitude Weather Systems
  • 10.1 The Westerly Flow
  • 10.2 Anticyclones and Air Masses
  • 10.3 Low-Pressure Systems
  • 10.4 Fronts and Conveyor Belts
  • 10.5 When Storms Become Severe
• 11. Weather in the Tropics
  • 11.1 The Easterly Flow
  • 11.2 Intertropical Convergence Zone and Monsoons
  • 11.3 Tropical Depressions and Hurricanes
  • 11.4 El Niño, La Niña and the Southern Oscillation
• 12. Convective Systems, Tornadoes and Thunderstorms
  • 12.1 Unstable Conditions
  • 12.2 Cumulonimbus, Thunder and Lightning
  • 12.3 Organized Convective Systems
  • 12.4 Supercells and Tornadoes
• 13. Local Weather Effects
  • 13.1 Coastal Weather
  • 13.2 Mountain Weather
  • 13.3 Desert Weather
  • 13.4 Urban Weather
• 14. Forecasting the Weather
  • 14.1 Numerical Weather Prediction
  • 14.2 The Initial Conditions
  • 14.3 Running the Model
  • 14.4 Global and Regional Models
  • 14.5 Ensemble Forecasting
• 15. The Forecaster's Challenge
  • 15.1 Making a Weather Forecast
  • 15.2 Forecasting Hazardous Weather
  • 15.3 Users of Forecasts
  • 15.4 When Forecasts Go Wrong
• 16. The Changing Climate
  • 16.1 Past Records of Climate
  • 16.2 Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
  • 16.3 Climate Models
  • 16.4 Simulating Past and Future Climate
  • 16.5 Adaptation versus Mitigation
• Glossary [text]
• Further Reading [(*) text]
• Copyright