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• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• LEARNED SOCIETIES
• EDITORS
• PUBLISHERS
• ORGANIZATIONS
• INDIVIDUALS
• 1: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
• A THE ATMOSPHERE
• B SOLAR ENERGY
• C GLOBAL CIRCULATION
• D CLIMATOLOGY
• E MID-LATITUDE DISTURBANCES
• F TROPICAL WEATHER
• G PALAEOCLIMATES
• H THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 2: ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, MASS AND STRUCTURE
• A COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• B MASS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• C THE LAYERING OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 3: SOLAR RADIATION AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET
• A SOLAR RADIATION
• B SURFACE RECEIPT OF SOLAR RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS
• C TERRESTRIAL INFRA-RED RADIATION AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
• D HEAT BUDGET OF THE EARTH
• E ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY AND HORIZONTAL HEAT TRANSPORT
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 4: ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE BUDGET
• A THE GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
• B HUMIDITY
• C EVAPORATION
• D CONDENSATION
• E PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENT
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 5: ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY, CLOUD FORMATION AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES
• A ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES
• B CONDENSATION LEVEL
• C AIR STABILITY AND INSTABILITY
• D CLOUD FORMATION
• E FORMATION OF PRECIPITATION
• F PRECIPITATION TYPES
• G THUNDERSTORMS
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 6: ATMOSPHERIC MOTION: PRINCIPLES
• A LAWS OF HORIZONTAL MOTION
• B DIVERGENCE, VERTICAL MOTION AND VORTICITY
• C LOCAL WINDS
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 7: PLANETARY-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN
• A VARIATION OF PRESSURE AND WIND VELOCITY WITH HEIGHT
• B THE GLOBAL WIND BELTS
• C THE GENERAL CIRCULATION
• D OCEAN STRUCTURE AND CIRCULATION
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• 8: NUMERICAL MODELS OF THE GENERAL CIRCULATION, CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTION T. N. CHASE AND R. G. BARRY
• A FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GCM
• B MODEL SIMULATIONS
• C DATA SOURCES FOR FORECASTING
• D NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 9: MID-LATITUDE SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE SYSTEMS
• A THE AIRMASS CONCEPT
• B NATURE OF THE SOURCE AREA
• C AIRMASS MODIFICATION
• D FRONTOGENESIS
• E FRONTAL CHARACTERISTICS
• F ZONES OF WAVE DEVELOPMENT AND FRONTOGENESIS
• G SURFACE/UPPER-AIR RELATIONSHIPS AND THE FORMATION OF FRONTAL CYCLONES
• H NON-FRONTAL DEPRESSIONS
• I MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 10: WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES
• A EUROPE
• B NORTH AMERICA
• C THE SUBTROPICAL MARGINS
• D HIGH LATITUDES
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 11: TROPICAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE
• A THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE
• B TROPICAL DISTURBANCES
• C THE ASIAN MONSOON
• D EAST ASIAN AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER MONSOONS
• E CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
• F AMAZONIA
• G EL NIÑO–SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) EVENTS
• H OTHER SOURCES OF CLIMATIC VARIATIONS IN THE TROPICS
• I FORECASTING TROPICAL WEATHER
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 12: BOUNDARY LAYER CLIMATES
• A SURFACE ENERGY BUDGETS
• B NON-VEGETATED NATURAL SURFACES
• C VEGETATED SURFACES
• D URBAN SURFACES
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• 13: CLIMATE CHANGE
• A GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
• B CLIMATE FORCINGS AND FEEDBACKS
• C THE CLIMATIC RECORD
• D POSSIBLE CAUSES OF RECENT CLIMATIC CHANGE
• E MODEL STRATEGIES FOR THE PREDICTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
• F THE IPCC MODELS
• G OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
• H POSTSCRIPT
• DISCUSSION TOPICS
• FURTHER READING
• APPENDIX 1: CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION
• A GENERIC CLASSIFICATIONS RELATED TO PLANT GROWTH OR VEGETATION
• B ENERGY AND MOISTURE BUDGET CLASSIFICATIONS
• C GENETIC CLASSIFICATIONS
• D CLASSIFICATIONS OF CLIMATIC COMFORT
• FURTHER READING
• APPENDIX 2: SYSTÈME INTERNATIONAL (SI) UNITS
• APPENDIX 3: SYNOPTIC WEATHER MAPS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX 4: DATA SOURCES
• A DAILY WEATHER MAPS AND DATA
• B SATELLITE DATA
• C CLIMATIC DATA
• D SELECTED SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
• FURTHER READING
• NOTES
• 2 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, MASS AND STRUCTURE
• 3 SOLAR RADIATION AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET
• 6 ATMOSPHERIC MOTION: PRINCIPLES
• 7 PLANETARY-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN
• 9 MID-LATITUDE SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE SYSTEMS
• 10 WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES
• 13 CLIMATE CHANGE
• BIBLIOGRAPHY