What is it about?
This textbook is designed to accompany an upper-division course in synoptic meteorology, that is, the study of weather systems that are of order 1000 km in size, and last for days to a week. We cover some more advanced theoretical topics in some chapters, but the main focus of the book is to apply theory to everyday weather systems.
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Why is it important?
The weather systems that are the focus of this book dictate changes in daily weather events, including wind, temperature, and precipitation. It is also these systems that are associated with extreme weather events, such as blizzards and floods. This book examines the processes that are important to the formation and impacts associated with these events.
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I've taught a course in synoptic meteorology for about 20 years as of this writing (2017). Students often asked me why there wasn't an up-to-date text that focused on the applied side of the science. So, I wrote this book to address the student requests. My target audience was undergraduate or beginning graduate students studying atmospheric science.
Gary M Lackmann
North Carolina State University
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This page is a summary of: Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-878220-56-1.
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