| Introduction |   | Perceptions of Weather and Climate and the Approach of this Volume |   |   | 
| Pt. I |   | General Circulation in the Troposphere |   | 1 | 
| 1 |   | Radiation |   | 3 | 
|   |   | Circulation in the lower layers of the troposphere |   | 14 | 
| 2 |   | Circulation in high and mid-latitudes: MPHs |   | 17 | 
| 3 |   | Anticyclonic agglutinations |   | 45 | 
| 4 |   | Tropical circulation |   | 73 | 
|   |   | Circulation in the lower layers: conclusion |   | 91 | 
| 5 |   | General circulation |   | 93 | 
| Pt. II |   | Dynamics of the Weather: Disturbances |   | 117 | 
| 6 |   | Pluviogenesis |   | 119 | 
| 7 |   | Dynamics of weather in polar and temperate regions: MPHs |   | 129 | 
| 8 |   | MPHs at tropical margins |   | 171 | 
| 9 |   | Pulses in trades and monsoons |   | 195 | 
| 10 |   | The meteorological equator |   | 209 | 
| 11 |   | Tropical cyclones |   | 227 | 
| Pt. III |   | Dynamics of Climate: Climatic Evolution the "Global Climatic System" |   | 247 | 
| 12 |   | Causes of climatic variations |   | 251 | 
| 13 |   | Palaeoclimatic variations and modes of general circulation |   | 293 | 
| 14 |   | Recent climatic evolution |   | 335 | 
| 15 |   | General conclusion |   | 391 | 
|   |   | Bibliography |   | 397 | 
|   |   | Index |   | 421 |