Meteorology : an introduction to the wonders of the weather
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.
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Physical Description
videodisc
4 videodiscs (approximately 720) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2010]
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Content descriptions
General Note: | "Course no. 1796"--Disc labels. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. Nature abhors extremes -- Lecture 2. Temperature, pressure, and density -- Lecture 3. Atmosphere: composition and origin -- Lecture 4. Radiation and the greenhouse effect -- Lecture 5. Sphericity, conduction, and convection -- Lecture 6. Sea breezes and Santa Anas -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. An introduction to atmospheric moisture -- Lecture 8. Bringing air to saturation -- Lecture 9. Clouds, stability, and buoyancy, part 1 -- Lecture 10. Clouds, stability, and buoyancy, part 2 -- Lecture 11. Whence and whither the wind, part 1 -- Lecture 12. Whence and whither the wind, part 2. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisor, Marcy McDonald, editor, John McNeill. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lectures by Robert G. Fovell. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |