Climate and Weather, Volume 10 |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Weather and weather forecasting | 119 |
Weather and climate modification | 219 |
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adiabatic air masses albedo altitude amount Antarctic anticyclones Arctic arid atmosphere average belt boundary centimetre circulation climate clouds coast cold air continents cooling cumulus cyclones decreases direction earth earth's surface easterly effect energy equator equatorial evaporation figure flow global globe ground heat budget high pressure areas high pressure cells higher latitudes horizontal humid increases with height intertropical convergence zone inversion jet stream km/h km² land latent heat layer low pressure areas Ly/day maximum mean temperature meridional meteorological metres middle monsoon mountain movement North Northern Hemisphere occur oceans particles particularly period polar poles potential evaporation precipitation pressure gradient processes radiation balance rain rainfall rainy reach regions result rise rotation seasonal silver iodide solar constant solar radiation southern stratosphere subtropical high pressure summer thermal trade wind tropical tropopause troposphere unstable variations velocity vertical warm air water-vapour waves weather westerly winds winter