CHAPTER 1: GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES AND MOTIONS OF EARTH
👉 Latitudes and Longitudes
👉 Rotation
👉 Revolution
👉 Eclipses
CHAPTER 2: ATMOSPHERE
👉 Introduction
👉 Composition of the Atmosphere
👉 Strucuture of the Atmosphere
CHAPTER 3: TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH
👉 Understanding the Heat Budget
👉 Temperature Distribution on Earth
👉 Inversion of Temperature
👉 Horizontal Distribution of Temperature
CHAPTER 4: ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODELS
👉 Introduction to Air Pressure
👉 Pressure Gradient and Air Circulation
👉 Horizontal Distribution of Air Pressure and Pressure Belts
👉 General Atmospheric Circulation
👉 Planetary Winds
👉 Local Winds
CHAPTER 5: EL NINO, JET STREAMS AND INDIAN MONSOON
👉 Jet Streams
👉 Walker circulation and El Nino
👉 Polar Vortex
👉 Mechanism of Indian Monsoon
👉Influencing factors of Indian Monsoon
👉Characteristics of Indian Monsoon
👉Monsoon Forecasting in India
CHAPTER 6: HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION
👉 Atmospheric Humidity
👉 Condensation
👉 Cooling of Air and Adiabatic Change of Temperature
👉 Stability and Instability of Atmosphere
👉 Fogs
👉 Clouds
👉 Precipitation
👉 Rainfall
👉 Global Distribution of Rainfall
CHAPTER 7: AIRMASSES, FRONTS AND CYCLONES
👉 Airmasses
👉 Classification of Airmasses
👉 Cyclones and Anticyclones
👉 Fronts
👉 Changing weather associated with fronts
👉 Temperate Cyclones
👉 Western Disturbances
👉 Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones
👉 Types of Tropical Cyclones
👉 Origin of Tropical Cyclones
👉 Convective Cyclogenesis
👉 Twin Cyclones
👉 Distribution of Tropical Cyclones
👉 Environmental Impacts of Tropical Cyclones
👉 Naming of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Cyclones
👉 Thunderstorms
👉 Tornadoes
👉 Comparison Between Tropical and Temperate Cyclones
CHAPTER 8: CLIMATIC CLASSFICATION
👉 Introduction
👉 Koeppen’s Climatic Classification
👉 A-Tropical Humid Climate
👉 B-Dry Climates
👉 C-Warm Temperature Climate
👉 D-Cold Snow Forest Climate
👉 E-Cold Climate