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Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
1.
HISTORY OF CLIMATOLOGY AS A DISCIPLINE
2.
COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE
3.
ATMOSPHERIC HEATING AND COOLING
4.
INSOLATION: FACTORS AND DISTRIBUTION
5.
HEAT BUDGET, HEAT BALANCE AND GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS
6.
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION: HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
7.
OZONE DEPLETION: CAUSES AND IMPACTS
8.
PRESSURE BELTS AND THEIR SEASONAL VARIATIONS
9.
PLANETARY WIND PATTERNS: WIND BELTS AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS
10.
GENERAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION: VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
11.
Periodic and local winds
12.
Upper Air Circulation: Jet Streams, Origin, Types and Distribution
13.
MONSOON: DEFINITION, THEORIES AND CONTROLLING FACTORS
14.
OCEAN- ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION
15.
Atmospheric Moisture Humidity – Measurement and Distribution
16.
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE II, CONDENSATION, PROCESSES AND FORMS
17.
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE III: INSTABILITY AND PRECIPITATION
18.
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE IV: FORMS AND TYPES OF PRECIPITATION
19.
ORIGIN OF AIR MASSES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
20.
FRONTOGENESIS PROCESS: WORLD PATTERNS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER
21.
TEMPERATE CYCLONES: DEVELOPMENT, WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DISTRIBUTION
22.
Tropical Cyclones
23.
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
24.
KOPPEN’S CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
25.
THORNTHWAITE’S CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
26.
DRY CLIMATES: SEMI ARID AND ARID
27.
Humid Mesothermal Climates
28.
Humid Microthermal Climates
29.
Polar and Highland Climates
30.
PROGRESS IN CLIMATOLOGY: SATELLITE CLIMATOLOGY AND GIS
31.
CLIMATE CHANGE: EVIDENCES AND CAUSES
32.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS: ROLE OF HUMAN BEING
33.
MODERN LIFE AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
34.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY
35.
URBAN CLIMATOLOGY
36.
CLIMATE CHANGE, GENDER AND HUMAN HEALTH
37.
WEATHER DATA RECORDING AND WEATHER FORECASTING
38.
APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
Back Matter
Appendix
Climatology
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Periodic and local winds
