Weather

Weather: A Concise Introduction, 2nd Edition provides an entry-level textbook for undergraduate majors and non-majors enrolled in an introductory meteorology course. Authors Gregory J. Hakim and Jérôme Patoux present fundamental atmospheric concepts alongside practical analysis methods to help students understand daily atmospheric behavior.

The book structures its content across distinct thematic sections to guide student learning. Chapters 1 and 2 establish essential tools for examining weather patterns. Chapters 3 through 8 explain the core physical processes operating within the atmosphere. Subsequent chapters apply those physical principles to concrete weather phenomena, before closing with dedicated treatments of weather forecasting, atmospheric pollution, and climate change impacts on weather patterns.

A primary pedagogical feature is a running case study centered on one mid-latitude cyclone, which connects theoretical principles to an evolving storm system. End-of-chapter visual analysis exercises allow students to practice interpreting weather data directly.