Description: I. PHYSICAL AND DYNAMIC CLIMATOLOGY. 1. The Basis of Modern Climatology. 2. Energy and the Atmosphere. 3. Temperature and Temperature Distribution. 4. Human Impact on the Energy Balance. 5. Moisture in the Atmosphere. 6. Precipitation. 7. Motion in the Atmosphere. 8. Global Circulation. 9. Inter-Annual Variation in Weather. 10. Air Masses, Frontal Systems, and Synoptic Climatology. 11. Tropical Cyclones and Tornadoes. II. REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGY. 12. Regional Climates: Scales of Study. 13. Regionalism of the Climatic Environment. 14. Tropical Climates. 15. The Mid-Latitude Climates. 16. Climates of North America. 17. Polar and Highland Climates. III. CLIMATES OF THE PAST FUTURE. 18. Reconstructing the Past. 19. Causes of Climatic Change. 20. Future Climates.

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