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 |