What are some useful books to study and learn meteorology?
• Essentials of Meteorology by C. Donald Ahren (Modesto Junior College) West Publishing Company (ISBN 0-314-01245-1 for paperback edition) Books for weather in Hawaii: • Prevailing Trade Winds; Weather and Climate in Hawaii edited by Marie Sandersen; University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 0-8248-1491-6) • Weather in Hawaiian Waters by Paul Haraguchi (written for local fishing enthusiasts and no longer in print; loan copies are in the Hawaii State Libraries–go to the Hawaiian Section). Atlases with basic climatological information on Hawaii: • Atlas of Hawaii; Third Edition (1998) from the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Department of Geography; University of Hawaii Press (ISBN 0-8248-2125-4 for paperback and ISBN 0-8248-1745-1 for cloth cover). And both the 1973 first and the 1983 second editions also have information on the weather of Hawaii. • Hawaii; A Unique Geography by Joseph R. Morgan; Bess Press (ISBN 1-57306-021-6) Manual on Tropical Meteorology for Weather Forecasting Professionals: