A second online Physical Geography textbook by Pidwirny

Four years ago, back in 2006, I wrote a brief post pointing readers to an online physical geography textbook authored by Prof. Michael Pidwirny of the University of British Columbia. This textbook, titled "Fundamentals of Physical Geography," is now in its second edition at this website, http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/contents.html.

Checking back through some of my earlier posts, I revisited Pidwirny's website to make sure his textbook was still available, and discovered that he is working on a second physical geography text. This is a much more substantial text, written in the pattern of most traditional textbooks that college professors use. So far he is still in the sections on the atmosphere, weather, and climate, which means much of the book has yet to be written. But with what he has written, he covers solar dynamics, including the solar radiation budget, the atmosphere, and the resulting air masses. He has still to write about actual weather patters, such as mid-latitude cyclones and longer-term climate. This new book, titled "Understanding Physical Geography (1st Edition), can be found here: http://www.physicalgeography.net/understanding/contents.html. Be sure to monitor this work in progress, and then download a copy when it is done. I will try to do the same to keep you in formed of its publication status. The author does suggest he will have this second ebook done in 2012.

I congratulate Prof. Pidwirny on his efforts!

Cheers from Dubuque,
Kevin Anderson