TY  - GEN
AU  - Fovell,Robert G.
ED  - Teaching Company
TI  - Meteorology: an introduction to the wonders of the weather / 
T2  - The Great courses
SN  - 9781598036251 (DVD)
AV  - LB 14.6 F783m 2010
U1  - 370 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chantilly, Virginia
PB  - The Teaching Company
KW  - Education.
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Educación
KW  - Enseñanza
KW  - Meteorología
KW  - Clima
KW  - Atmósfera
N1  - Course no. 1796; "Science & mathematics"--Container; Disc 1: Nature abhors extremes -- Temperature, pressure, and density -- Atmosphere: composition and origin -- Radiation and the greenhouse effect -- Sphericity, conduction, and convection -- Sea breezes and Santa Anas. -- Disc 2: An introduction to atmospheric moisture -- Bringing air to saturation -- Clouds, stability, and buoyancy, part 1 -- Clouds, stability, and buoyancy, part 2 -- Whence and whither the wind, part 1 -- Whence and whither the wind, part 2. -- Disc 3: The global atmospheric circulation -- Fronts and extratropical cyclones -- Middle troposphere: troughs and ridges -- Wind shear: horizontal and vertical -- Mountain influences on the atmosphere -- Thunderstorms, squall lines, and radar -- Disc 4:  Supercells, tornadoes, and dry lines -- Ocean influences on weather and climate -- Tropical cyclones -- Light and lightning -- Prediction and predictability -- The imperfect forecast; 4 DVD que contienen 6 lecturas / 30 minutos por lectura.
N2  - Presents 24 lectures (each about 30 minutes long) by Robert G. Fovell, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, on meteorology.
ER  -