Description: On File "TM" is our award-winning collection of visual reference materials. Each On File "TM" depicts complex subjects in a way that both engages and informs students and researchers. These flexible resources fit into every curriculum.
-- Instructors can use the pages for handouts, overheads, posters, and testing.
-- Students can use them as quick sources of information, to reference curriculum topics, or to supplement their essays and reports.
-- On Files "TM" are available in either binder or electronic format.
-- All of the maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations are designed in clean black-and-white graphics and are printed on sturdy pages.
-- Pages are housed in durable three-ring binders.
-- Replacement pages are available if they are lost or stolen.

The radical weather changes over the past seveal years have made weather and climate topics of increasing interest and importance to students and teachers. Using tables, charts, maps, and diagrams, Weather and Climate On File "TM" reveals the scientific principles and mechanisms that underlie weather systems. It puts the most up-to-date facts and figures right at readers' fingertips.

Among the topics covered are:
-- The devastating meteorological phenomena of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts, with recent international examples
-- How data are collected, analyzed, plotted, and used to compile forecast charts
-- The impact of human activities on the atmosphere, weather, and climate -- such as global warming, holes in the ozone layer, acid rain, and smog -- and their effects on our health and environment
-- Climates and seasons, including temperature variations, frost-free growing seasons inthe U.S. and around the world, and world climate types
-- World and U.S. climate data
-- Plus, appendixes that feature conversion tables, a glossary of weather terms, and a "launch-pad" for exploring weather and cliamte climate on the Web.

Weather and Climate On File "TM" is an indispensable classroom tool for high school students, undergraduates, or anyone interested in meteorology.

Partial Table of Contents:

The Atmospheric 'Engine'

Composition of the Atmosphere

The Water Cycle

Carbon and Oxygen Cycles

Ocean Circulation

Components of Weather

Winds

Temperature

Clouds

Fog

Precipitation

Optical Phenomena

Thunderstorms

Air Masses and Weather Systems

Air Pressure

Cyclones and Anticyclones

Warm and Cold Occluded Fronts

Extremes of Weather

Highest World Temperature Extremes

Lowest World Temperature Extremes

Minimum and Maximum Annual U.S. Rainfall

Hurricane Structure and Storm Tracks

Tornadoes

The Science of Meteorology

Energy and Change of State

Meteorological Instruments

Weather Map Symbols

Climates and Seasons

Climate Regions of the World

The Seasons

Length of Day at Different Seasons

Human Impact on Climate

The Greenhouse Effect

Global Effects of Sea Level Rise

The "Ozone Hole" Over Antarctica.

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