| Preface to first edition |
| Preface to second edition |
| Acknowledgements |
| Some basic ideas / 1： |
| Planetary atmospheres / 1.1： |
| Equilibrium temperatures / 1.2： |
| Hydrostatic equation / 1.3： |
| Adiabatic lapse rate / 1.4： |
| Sandstrom's theorem / 1.5： |
| Problems |
| A radiative equilibrium model / 2： |
| Black-body radiation / 2.1： |
| Absorption and emission / 2.2： |
| Radiative equilibrium in a grey atmosphere / 2.3： |
| Radiative time constants / 2.4： |
| The greenhouse effect / 2.5： |
| Thermodynamics / 3： |
| Entropy of dry air / 3.1： |
| Vertical motion of saturated air / 3.2： |
| The tephigram / 3.3： |
| Total potential energy of an air column / 3.4： |
| Available potential energy / 3.5： |
| Zonal and eddy energy / 3.6： |
| More complex radiation transfer / 4： |
| Solar radiation: its modification by scattering / 4.1： |
| Absorption of solar radiation by ozone / 4.2： |
| Absorption by single lines / 4.3： |
| Transmission of an atmospheric path / 4.4： |
| The integral equation of transfer / 4.5： |
| Integration over frequency / 4.6： |
| Heating rate due to radiative processes / 4.7： |
| Cooling by carbon dioxide emission from upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere / 4.8： |
| Band models / 4.9： |
| Continuum absorption / 4.10： |
| Global radiation budget / 4.11： |
| The middle and upper atmospheres / 5： |
| Temperature structure / 5.1： |
| Diffusive separation / 5.2： |
| The escape of hydrogen / 5.3： |
| The energy balance of the thermosphere / 5.4： |
| Photochemical processes / 5.5： |
| Breakdown of thermodynamic equilibrium / 5.6： |
| Clouds / 6： |
| Cloud formation / 6.1： |
| The growth of cloud particles / 6.2： |
| The radiative properties of clouds / 6.3： |
| Radiative transfer in clouds / 6.4： |
| Dynamics / 7： |
| Total and partial derivatives / 7.1： |
| Equations of motion / 7.2： |
| The geostrophic approximation / 7.3： |
| Cyclostrophic motion / 7.4： |
| Surfaces of constant pressure / 7.5： |
| The thermal wind equation |
| The equation of continuity / 7.7： |
| Atmospheric waves / 8： |
| Introduction / 8.1： |
| Sound waves / 8.2： |
| Gravity waves / 8.3： |
| Rossby waves / 8.4： |
| The vorticity equation / 8.5： |
| Three dimensional Rossby-type waves / 8.6： |
| Turbulence / 9： |
| The Reynolds number / 9.1： |
| Reynolds stresses / 9.2： |
| Ekman's solution / 9.3： |
| The mixing-length hypothesis / 9.4： |
| Ekman pumping / 9.5： |
| The spectrum of atmospheric turbulence / 9.6： |
| The general circulation / 10： |
| Laboratory experiments / 10.1： |
| A symmetric circulation / 10.2： |
| Inertial instability / 10.3： |
| Barotropic instability / 10.4： |
| Baroclinic instability / 10.5： |
| Sloping convection / 10.6： |
| Energy transport / 10.7： |
| Transport of angular momentum / 10.8： |
| The general circulation of the middle atmosphere / 10.9： |
| Numerical modelling / 11： |
| A barotropic model / 11.1： |
| Baroclinic models / 11.2： |
| Primitive equation models / 11.3： |
| Inclusion of orography / 11.4： |
| Convection / 11.5： |
| Moist processes / 11.6： |
| Radiation transfer / 11.7： |
| Inclusion of clouds / 11.8： |
| Sub grid scale processes / 11.9： |
| Transfer across the surface / 11.10： |
| Forecasting models / 11.11： |
| Other models / 11.12： |
| Global observation / 12： |
| What observations are required? / 12.1： |
| Conventional observations / 12.2： |
| Remote sounding from satellites / 12.3： |
| Remote sounding of atmospheric temperature / 12.4： |
| Remote measurements of composition / 12.5： |
| Other remote sounding observations / 12.6： |
| Observations from remote platforms / 12.7： |
| Achieving global coverage / 12.8： |
| Atmospheric predictability and climatic change / 13： |
| Short-term predictability / 13.1： |
| Variations of climate / 13.2： |
| Atmospheric feedback processes / 13.3： |
| Different kinds of predictability / 13.4： |
| Jupiter's Great Red Spot / 13.5： |
| The challenge of climate research / 13.6： |
| Appendices |
| Some useful physical constants and data on dry air |
| Properties of water vapour |
| Atmospheric composition |
| Relation of geopotential to geometric height |
| Model atmospheres (0-105 km) |
| Mcan rcference atmosphere (110-500 km) |
| The Planck function |
| Solar radiation |
| Absorption of solar radiation by oxygen and ozone |
| Spectral band information |
| Bibliography |
| References to works cited in the text |
| Answers to problems and hints to their solution |
| Index |
| Preface to first edition |
| Preface to second edition |
| Acknowledgements |
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