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Note: Table of Contents: COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. - The Composition of Atmospheric Air / by E. Glueckauf. - RADIATION. - Solar Radiant Energy and Its Modification by the Earth and Its Atmosphere / by Sigmund Fritz. - Long-Wave Radiation / by Fritz Möller. - Actinometric Measurements / by Anders Ångström. - METEOROLOGICAL OPTICS - General Meteorological Optics / by Hans Neuberger. - Polarization of Skylight / by Zdeněk Sekera. - Visibility in Meteorology / by W. E. Knowles Middleton. - ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY. - Universal Aspects of Atmospheric Electricity / by O. H. Gish. - Ions in the Atmosphere / by G. R. Wait and W. D. Parkinson. - Precipitation Electricity / by Ross Gunn. - The Lightning Discharge / by J. H. Hagenguth. - Instruments and Methods for the Measurement of Atmospheric Electricity / by H. Israël. - Radioactivity of the Atmosphere / by H. Israël. - CLOUD PHYSICS. - On the Physics of Clouds and Precipitation / by Henry G. Houghton. - Nuclei of Atmospheric Condensation / by Christian Junge. - The Physics of Ice Clouds and Mixed Clouds / by F. H. Ludlam. - Thermodynamics of Clouds / by Fritz Möller. - The Formation of Ice Crystals / by Ukichiro Nakaya. - Snow and Its Relationship to Experimental Meteorology / by Vincent J. Schaefer. - Relation of Artificial Cloud-Modification to the Production of Precipitation / by Richard D. Coons and Ross Gunn. - THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. - General Aspects of Upper Atmospheric Physics / by S. K. Mitra. - Photochemical Processes in the Upper Atmosphere and Resultant Composition / by Sidney Chapman. - Ozone in the Atmosphere by F. W. Paul Götz. - Radiative Temperature Changes in the Ozone Layer / by Richard A. Craig. - Temperatures and Pressures in the Upper Atmosphere / by Homer E. Newell, Jr. - Water Vapour in the Upper Air / by G. M. B. Dobson and A. W. Brewer. - Diffusion in the Upper Atmosphere / by Heinz Lettau. - The Ionosphere / by S. L. Seaton. - Night-Sky Radiations from the Upper Atmosphere / by E. O. Hulburt. - Aurorae and Magnetic Storms / by L. Harang. - Meteors as Probes of the Upper Atmosphere / by Fred L. Whipple. - Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere / by B. Gutenberg. - COSMICAL METEOROLOGY. - Solar Energy Variations As a Possible Cause of Anomalous Weather Changes / by Richard A. Craig and H. C. Willett. - The Atmospheres of the Other Planets / by S. L. Hess and H. A. Panofsky. - DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. - The Perturbation Equations in Meteorology / by B. Haurwitz. - The Solution of Nonlinear Meteorological Problems by the Method of Characteristics / by John C. Freeman. - Hydrodynamic Instability / by Jacques M. Van Mieghem. - Stability Properties of Large-Scale Atmospheric Disturbances / by R. Fjørtoft. - The Quantitative Theory of Cyclone Development / by E. T. Eady. - Dynamic Forecasting by Numerical Process / by J. G. Charney. - Energy Equations / by James E. Miller. - Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion / by O. G. Sutton. - Atmospheric Tides and Oscillations / by Sydney Chapman. - Application of the Thermodynamics of Open Systems to Meteorology / by Jacques M. Van Mieghem. - THE GENERAL CIRCULATION. - The Physical Basis for the General Circulation / by Victor P. Starr. - Observational Studies of General Circulation Patterns / by Jerome Namias and Philip F. Clapp. - Applications of Energy Principles to the General Circulation / by Victor P. Starr. - MECHANICS OF PRESSURE SYSTEMS. - Extratropical Cyclones / by J. Bjerknes. - The Aerology of Extratropical Disturbances / by E. Palmén. - Anticyclones / by H. Wexler. - Mechanism of Pressure Change / by James M. Austin. - Large-Scale Vertical Velocity and Divergence / by H. A. Panofsky. - The Instability Line / by J. R. Fulks. - LOCAL CIRCULATIONS. - Local Winds / by Friedrich Defant. - Tornadoes and Related Phenomena / by Edward M. Brooks. - Thunderstorms / by Horace R. Byers. - Cumulus Convection and Entrainment / by James M. Austin. - OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS. - World Weather Network / by Athelstan F. Spilhaus. - Models and Techniques of Synoptic Representation / by John C. Bellamy. - Meteorological Analysis in the Middle Latitudes / by V. J. Oliver and M. B. Oliver. - WEATHER FORECASTING. - The Forecast Problem / by H. C. Willett. - Short-Range Weather Forecasting / by Gordon E. Dunn. - A Procedure of Short-Range Weather Forecasting / by Robert C. Bundgaard. - Objective Weather Forecasting / by R. A. Allen and E. M. Vernon. - General Aspects of Extended-Range Forecasting / by Jerome Namias. - Extended-Range Weather Forecasting / by Franz Baur. - Extended-Range Forecasting by Weather Types / by Robert D. Elliott. - Verification of Weather Forecasts / by Glenn W. Brier and Roger A. Allen. - Application of Statistical Methods to Weather Forecasting / by George P. Wadsworth. - TROPICAL METEOROLOGY. - Tropical Meteorology / by C. E. Palmer. - Equatorial Meteorology / by A. Grimes. - Tropical Cyclones / by Gordon E. Dunn. - Aerology of Tropical Storms / by Herbert Riehl. - POLAR METEOROLOGY. - Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation / by Arnold Court. - Arctic Meteorology / by Herbert G. Dorsey, Jr. - Some Climatological Problems of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic / by F. Kenneth Hare. - CLIMATOLOGY. - Climate - The Synthesis of Weather / by C. S. Durst. - Applied Climatology / by Helmut E. Landsberg and Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Microclimatology / by Rudolf Geiger. - Geological and Historical Aspects of Climatic Change / by C. E. P. Brooks. - Climatic Implications of Glacier Research / by Richard Foster Flint. - Tree-Ring Indices of Rainfall, Temperature, and River Flow / by Edmund Schulman. - HYDROMETEOROLOGY. - Hydrometeorology in the United States / by Robert D. Fletcher. - The Hydrologic Cycle and Its Relation to Meteorology - River Forecasting / by Ray K. Linsley. - MARINE METEOROLOGY. - Large-Scale Aspects of Energy Transformation over the Oceans / by Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Evaporation from the Oceans / by H. U. Sverdrup. - Forecasting Ocean Waves / by W. H. Munk and R. S. Arthur. - Ocean Waves as a Meteorological Tool / by W. H. Munk. - BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL METEOROLOGY. - Aerobiology / by Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Physical Aspects of Human Bioclimatology / by Konrad J. K. Buettner. - Some Problems of Atmospheric Chemistry / by H. Cauer. - ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. - Atmospheric Pollution / by E. Wendell Hewson. - CLOUDS, FOG, AND AIRCRAFT ICING. - The Classification of Cloud Forms / by Wallace E. Howell. - The Use of Clouds in Forecasting / by Charles F. Brooks. - Fog / by Joseph J. George. - Physical and Operational Aspects of Aircraft Icing / by Lewis A. Rodert. - Meteorological Aspects of Aircraft Icing / by William Lewis. - METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS. - Instruments and Techniques for Meteorological Measurements / by Michael Ference, Jr. - Aircraft Meteorological Instruments / by Alan C. Bemis. - LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS. - Experimental Analogies to Atmospheric Motions / by Dave Fultz. - Model Techniques in Meteorological Research / by Hunter Rouse. - Experimental Cloud Formation / by Sir David Brunt. - RADIOMETEOROLOGY. - Radar Storm Observation / by Myron G. H. Ligda. - Theory and Observation of Radar Storm Detection / by Raymond Wexler. - Meteorological Aspects of Propagation Problems / by H. G. Booker. - Sferics / by R. C. Wanta. - MICROSEISMS. - Observations and Theory of Microseisms / by B. Gutenberg. - Practical Application of Microseisms to Forecasting / by James B. Macelwane, S. J. CORRIGENDA. - INDEX.

Note: Contents: Preface. - Introduction. - I. THE EQUATIONS OF HYDROTHERMODYNAMICS OF THE BOUNDARY LAYERS; ANALYSIS OF THESE EQUATIONS. - § 1. Derivation of the Equations for the Averaged Quantities. - § 2. The Relation Between Fluctuations of the Meteorological Elements and the Averaged Characteristics. Currents of Various Substances Due to Turbulence. - § 3. Some Problems of Turbulence Dynamics. The Reynolds Number. The Richardson Number § 4. Classification of Motions. Estimation of the Thickness of the Planetary Boundary Layer. The Surface Sublayer. - II. THE BOUNDARY LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN STATIONARY CONDITIONS. - § 1. Some Information on the Distribution of the Meteorological Elements in the Boundary Layer. - § 2. External Factors Determining the Structure of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere. - § 3. A Boundary Layer Model with Height-Independent Turbulence Coefficient (One-Parameter Model). - § 4. The Structure of the Surface Sublayer. - § 5. Calculation of the Basic Characteristics of the Surface Sublayer. - § 6. Two-Parameter Model of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere. - § 7. Some Information on the Processes at the Active Surface and in the Upper Layers of the Ground Influencing the Boundary Layer. - III. DAILY VARIATION OF THE METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS. - § 1. The Simplest Model for the Daily Temperature Variation. Features of the Daily Temperature Variation Over Water. - § 2. Daily Temperature Variations for Turbulent Mixing Intensity Growing with Height. - § 3. An Account of the Time Variations of the Eddy Exchange in the Theory of the Daily Temperature Variations. - § 4. The Influence of the Radiative Heat Influx on the Daily Temperature Variation. - § 5. Nocturnal Lowering of the Temperature. Forecasting of Radiation Frosts. - § 6. Daily Humidity Variations. Radiation Fogs. - § 7. Daily Variations of Wind Velocity. - IV. VARIATIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS DUE TO THE INHOMOGENEITY OF THE ACTIVE SURFACE. - § 1. Qualitative Analysis of the Transformation Process. - § 2. Variations of the Temperature and Humidity Fields Over an Inhomogeneous Underlying Surface. - § 3. Formation of Advection Fogs. - § 4. Variations of the Micrometeorological Regime in Irrigation, Irrigation Standards for Various Meteorological Conditions. - § 5. Influence of Small Reservoirs on the Structure of the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere. - § 6. Nonstationary Processes Over An Inhomogeneous Underlying Surface. - § 7. Local Winds. - V. PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES OF A SPECIAL NATURE RELATED TO THE METEOROLOGICAL REGIME OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER. - §1. Wind Drift of Ice Floes. - § 2. Applications of the Laws of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere to Problems of Construction and Power Engineering. - § 3. Freezing of the Upper Layer of the Ground. - § 4. Pollution of the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere by Smoke From Factory Chimneys. - § 5. Some Features of the Electrostatic Field in the Surface Layer of the Atmosphere. , Transl. from Russian