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    <title>Essentials of meteorology</title>
    <subTitle>An invitation to the atmosphere</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Ahrens, C. Donald.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Brooks/Cole</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued>
    <edition>6th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvii, 506 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The Earth's atmosphere -- Warming the earth and the atmosphere -- Air temperature -- Humidity, condensation, and clouds -- Cloud development and precipitation -- Air pressure and winds -- Atmospheric circulations -- Air masses, fronts, and middle-latitude cyclones -- Weather forecasting -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Climate change -- Global climate -- Air pollution -- Light, color, and atmospheric optics.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">C. Donald Ahrens.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-474) and index.</note>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">551.5</classification>
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