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Principles of Climatology

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Abrupt climate change




Acid rain and acid deposition




Aerosol Pollutants




Air pollution




Albedo feedback




Anthropogenic air pollution and pollutants




Anthropogenic climate change




Aral sea desiccation




Arctic and global warming




Arctic ocean




Atlantic heat conveyor




Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO)




Atlantic Ocean




Atmosphere




Atmosphere and climate change




Atmosphere: Evolution




Atmosphere: Global circulation




Atmosphere: Structure and thermodynamics




Atmospheric and oceanic oscillations




Atmospheric boundary layer




Atmospheric chemistry and climate change




Atmospheric circulation




Atmospheric dynamics




Atmospheric inversions




Atmospheric opacity




Atmospheric oxygen




Atmospheric physics




Atmospheric sciences




Atmospheric structure and evolution




Average weather in climate studies




Barometric pressure and barometry




Carbon and carbon dioxide equivalent




Carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere




Carbon equivalent




Carbon-oxygen cycle




Carbon sink




Catastrophist-cornucopian debate




Chlorofluorocarbons and related compounds




Chlorofluorocarbons and related compounds




Climate and the climate system




Climate change and global warming




Climate change theories




Climate feedback




Climate models and modeling




Climate prediction and projection




Climate reconstruction




Climate refugees




Climate sensitivity




Climate variability




Climate zones




Climatology




Clouds and global climate




Continental climate




Coriolis Effect




Cryosphere




Cyclones and anticyclones




Dating methods for climate change




Deep ocean currents




Deglaciation




Drought




Earth-Sun relations




Ecosystems’ influence on climate




El Niño-Southern Oscillation and global warming




Enhanced greenhouse effect




Extreme weather events




Fabry quantifies ozone in the upper atmosphere




Floods




Fluid dynamics




Fog and regulation of the global climate




Forests and the mitigation of anthropogenic climate change




Fronts and climate change




General circulation models (GCM)




Glaciations




Glaciers




Global climate




Global Climate Coalition (GCC)




Global economy and climate change




Global monitoring




Global positioning system (GPS)




Global surface temperature




Global Warming in Antarctica




Great Lakes




Greenhouse gases and global warming




Ground ice and climate change




Gulf Stream




Gyres and climate change




Hadley circulation and climate change




Heat vs. temperature




Humidity and greenhouse gases




Hurricanes and typhoons




Hydrogen power




Ice ages and glaciations




Ice cores




Ice shelf collapses




Icebergs and Antarctica




Ice-out studies




Indian Ocean




Indicators of Climate Change and Global Warming




Interglacial period




Kilimanjaro’s ice cap




La Niña




Lakes




Little Ice Age (LIA)




Long-term weather patterns




Maritime climate




Mean sea level




Medieval Warm Period (MWP)




Mediterranean climate




Megacities’ effects on local climates




Meridional overturning circulation (MOC)




Meteorology and climate policy




Methane’s global warming potential




Modes of climate variability




Monsoons




North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)




North Sea




Observational data of the atmosphere and oceans




Ocean dynamics




Ocean life and rising water temperatures




Ocean structure and atmosphere coupling




Ozone depletion and ozone holes




Pacific Ocean




Paleoclimates and paleoclimate change




Physics of weather




Plankton and the mitigation of the greenhouse effect




Pleistocene climate




Polar bears and climate change




Polar climate




Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs)




Polar vortex




Precipitation




Probability and statistics




Rain forests and the atmosphere




Recent climate change research




Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans




Satellite meteorology




Sea ice and the global climate




Sea levels




Sea sediments and climate change




Sea surface temperatures (SST)




Seasonal changes




Seawater composition




Severe storms




Solar cycle




Storm surges




Surface ocean currents




Thermohaline circulation (THC) and the Thermocline




Tornadoes




Tree rings and climatological information




Tropical climate




Tropical weather




Troposphere




Urban heat island (UHI)




Urban heat island (UHI) and Megacities




Volcanoes and climate




Weather forecasting: Numerical weather prediction




Weather modification




Weather vs. climate




Wetlands and sea-level rise




Wind




World ocean circulation experiment




Timeline of Periods and Events in Climate History




Glossary




General Bibliography and Additional Reading