Wilford Zdunkowski is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in the University of Mainz, Germany. Andreas Bott is a university professor for theoretical meteorology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. Together, the authors have a wealth of experience in teaching atmospheric physics, including courses on atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric dynamics, cloud microphysics, atmospheric chemistry, and numerical modeling.