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Columns::April 8, 2002
Weekly Reader
Book details the weather ‘up there’
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$71.95
Brooks/Cole Press |
“It’s a hot, muggy summer night at the baseball stadium. The Atlanta Braves are on their way to another winning season. . . . Midway through the game, however, the weather turns violent.”
So begins the new textbook Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere, scheduled to be released later this month. It is co-authored by John Knox, an associate research scientist on the UGA Faculty of Engineering and Steven A. Ackerman, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As the opening illustrates, the book emphasizes real-life events and observations to help introductory weather and climate students connect with the complexities of the atmosphere. For example, extended narratives on the crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s airplane and the wreck of the Great Lakes ore freighter the Edmund Fitzgerald help explain how high- and low-pressure systems work--and can even kill. The book also is coupled with a Web site that allows students to explore key topics in greater detail. |
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