Climatology

• CHAPTER 1: LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES
  • Introduction
  • Latitudes
  • Longitudes
  • Comparison
• CHAPTER 2: MOTIONS OF THE EARTH
  • Rotation
  • Revolution
  • Eclipses
• CHAPTER 3: ATMOSPHERE
  • Introduction
  • Composition of the Atmosphere
  • Strucuture of the Atmosphere
• CHAPTER 4: TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH
  • Understanding the Heat Budget
  • Temperature Distribution on Earth
  • Inversion of Temperature
  • Horizontal Distribution of Temperature
• CHAPTER 5: 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 6: EL NINO, JET STREAMS AND INDIAN MONSOON
  • Walker circulation and El Nino
  • Rossby Waves and Jet Streams
  • Polar Vortex
  • Indian Monsoon
• CHAPTER 7: ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY AND CONDENSATION
  • Atmospheric Humidity
  • Condensation
  • Cooling of Air and Adiabatic Change of Temperature
  • Stability and Instability of Atmosphere
• CHAPTER 8: FOGS, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
  • Fog
  • Clouds
  • Precipitation
  • Rainfall
  • Global Distribution of Rainfall
• CHAPTER 9: AIRMASSES, FRONTS AND CYCLONES
  • Airmasses
  • Fronts
  • Cyclones and Anticyclones
  • Temperate Cyclones
  • Tropical Cyclones
    • How are tropical Cyclones named
  • Comparison Between tropical and Temperate Cyclone
  • Western Disturbances
  • Thunderstorms
  • Tornadoes
• CHAPTER 10: CLIMATIC CLASSFICATION
  • Introduction
  • Koeppen’s Climatic Classification
  • Thornthwaite’s Classification
  • Trewartha’s Classification