Front Cover

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Atmospheric Circulation Systems: Their Structure and Physical Interpretation

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Copyright Page

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Preface

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Contents

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List of Symbols

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Chapter 1. The Mean Structure of the Atmosphere, and the Maintenance of the General Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere

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Chapter 2. Heat Balance of the Earth's Atmosphere, and the Meridional and Vertical Transfer of Energy

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Chapter 3. Seasonal and Zonal Variations of the Mean Atmospheric Structure and Flow Patterns

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Chapter 4. Principal Air Masses and Fronts, Jet Streams, and Tropopauses

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Chapter 5. The Polar-Front Theory and the Beginnings of Synoptic Aerology

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Chapter 6. Extratropical Disturbances in Relation to the Upper Waves

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Chapter 7. Thermal Structure of Fronts and Corresponding Wind Field

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Chapter 8. Principal Tropospheric Jet Streams

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Chapter 9. Frontogenesis and Related Circulations

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Chapter 10. Three-Dimensional Flow Patterns in Extratropical Disturbances

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Chapter 11. Development of Extratropical Cyclones

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Chapter 12. Weather in Relation to Disturbances

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Chapter 13. Organized Convective Systems in Middle Latitudes

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Chapter 14. Circulation and Disturbances of the Tropics

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Chapter 15. Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons

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Chapter 16. Energy Conversions in Atmospheric Circulation Systems

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Chapter 17. Summary of the Atmospheric Circulation Processes

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Author Index

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Subject Index

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