Preface

This open access textbook was developed as an introductory resource for atmospheric science to reflect the unique weather patterns in Hawai‘i and the needs of the course to be both descriptive and quantitative. Its intended audience are students from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa enrolled in the Atmospheric Sciences 200 course, Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena.  However, this open access textbook may be of interest to other courses interested in teaching atmospheric science at the introductory level. This book is best viewed online using the Pressbooks webbook format however, multiple formats (e.g., pdf, epub, mobi) are also available.