Front Cover -- About the Author -- Copyright -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- WEATHER FUNDAMENTALS -- Terms to Know -- Organizations -- Measurements -- Early Weather History -- The Seasons -- THE ATMOSPHERE -- Atmosphere Basics -- Air and Air Pressure -- Layers of the Atmosphere -- The Ozone Layer -- Wind -- Wind Storms -- HEAT AND COLD -- Measuring Temperature -- Heat -- Cold -- CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION -- Clouds -- Precipitation -- Humidity -- Ice, Snow, Hail, and Frost -- STORMY WEATHER -- Blizzards and Avalanches -- Hurricanes, Monsoons, and Tropical Storms -- Floods -- Tornadoes -- ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA -- Lightning -- Thunder and Thunderstorms -- Rainbows and Other Colorful Phenomena -- GEOGRAPHY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND WEATHER -- Plate Tectonics -- Rain, Ice, and Geography -- Volcanoes -- Oceanography and Weather -- Ocean Currents -- WEATHER IN SPACE -- The Moon -- The Sun -- Sunspots and Solar Activity -- The Magnetic Field -- Van Allen Belts -- Neutrinos -- Cosmic Rays -- Meteors, Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets -- HUMANITY AND THE WEATHER -- Humanity's Impact -- General Pollution Facts -- Air Pollution -- Water Pollution -- Radiation -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- Climate Basics -- Ice Ages -- Global Warming -- MODERN METEOROLOGY -- Forecasting -- Radar -- Satellites -- Careers in Meteorology -- INDEX -- Back Cover.