Understanding Weather and Climate delves in understanding atmospheric processes and patterns, illustrating meteorology and climatology in everyday occurrences. The text focuses on the human aspect of weather and climate, covers high interest weather-related hazards, and features the latest science and relevant issues. This edition extends coverage of global climate change with new sections emphasizing the role of oceans on the climate in the Earth system, incorporating the latest climate change science and leveraging the findings of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report.