Table of Contents

Part 1: Fundamentals 1. Concepts and Definitions: the Weather, the Atmosphere and the Sun 2. Radiation and the Earth’s Heat Supply 3. The Atmosphere in Motion 4. Seasonal Changes 5. The Stratosphere 6. Cyclic and Quasi-Periodic Phenomena 7. Anomalous Patterns of Atmospheric Circulation, Weather and Climate 8. The Oceans 9. The Water Cycle 10. Some Observed Causes of Climactic Variation Part 2: Climate Now 11. Observational Reference Data and Classification of Climates

About the Author

H. H. Lamb

Reviews

@quote: ‘Professor Lamb has indeed served us well, in a complex field of study of the utmost significance to mankind’ – The Times Higher Education Supplement@ quote: ‘Destined to become one of the classics of climatology’ – Geographical Magazine@quote: ‘Professor Lamb is to be congratulated on producing such an informative book, one which is almost certainly destined to become a classic synthesis of our present understanding of physical and dynamical climatology.’ – Times Literary Supplement