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Science Geography

Weather and Climate

An Introduction

by (author) Sheila Loudon Ross

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2013
Category
Geography
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195445879
    Publish Date
    Mar 2013
    List Price
    $159.95

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This rigorous yet accessible introduction to weather and climate uses a quantitative approach that incorporates the latest scientific research. Loaded with Canadian examples and extensive pedagogy, this text offers an engaging and relevant treatment of weather and climate to students in this country.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Sheila Loudon Ross is an instructor at Capilano University in North Vancouver, B.C.

Editorial Reviews

"A strength of this text is its treatment of how weather and climate processes . . . can be illustrated with specific examples within the Canadian environment and geography." --John Yackel, University of Calgary

"This text consistently provides simple, intuitive but physically rigorous explanations, with just the right level of mathematics for an introductory text." --Danny Harvey, University of Toronto