Physical and Dynamical Meteorology

Abstract

List of illustrations Some useful constants and units Introduction 1. The facts which call for explanation. A sketch of the surface distribution of the meteorological elements over the globe 2. Some statistical and thermal relationships 3. Water-vapour in the atmosphere. The ascent of damp air 4. Thermodynamics of the atmosphere 5. Radiation 6. Radiation in the troposphere 7. Radiative equilibrium and the stratosphere 8. The general equations of motion 9. Motion under balanced forces: the gradient wind 10. Surfaces of discontinuity 11. The general aspects of turbulence 12. Turbulence in the atmosphere: the eddies as diffusing agencies 13. The classification of winds 14. The transformations of energy in the atmosphere 15. The growth of cyclic circulations and of pressure inequalities in the atmosphere 16. The idea of air masses 17. The Polar front and its relation to the development of cyclones 18. Anticyclones 19. The general circulation of the atmosphere Appendix Index of names Index of subjects.