Atmosphere Weather and Climate 8th Edition by Roger G Barry, Richard J Chorley ISBN 020344051X 9780203440513

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ISBN 10: 020344051X 
ISBN 13: 9780203440513
Author: Roger G Barry, Richard J Chorley

Atmosphere Weather and Climate 8th Table of contents:

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

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