Understanding Weather and Climate (7th Edition) (MasteringMeteorology Series)

Understanding Weather and Climate
(7th Edition) (MasteringMeteorology Series)
by Edward Aguado, James E. Burt



Product Details
Series: MasteringMeteorology Series
Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (October 10, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321987306
ISBN-13: 978-0321987303


About the Authors:

Ed Aguado
Ed Aguado is Professor of Geography and Master's Program Advisor in the Department of Geography of San Diego State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, and his M.A. and B.A. from the UCLA. His research interests are in the precipitation and hydrology of western U.S. mountains. He regularly teaches introductory and advanced meteorology, climatology, and physical geography, and often serves as a
consultant and expert witness on climatology and weather.


Jim Burt
Jim Burt is Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography of the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA. His research interests are in physical geography, climatology, quantitative methods, and geovisualization. Burt recently served as the co-principal investigator for SoLIM (Soil Land Inference Model) for soil mapping, using recent developments in GIS, artificial intelligence, and information representation theory, and he is currently involved in new NSF funded research using GIS. He regularly teaches advanced geography and atmospheric science courses.