ABSTRACT

This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.

part |2 pages

Part I Atmospheric systems

chapter 1|30 pages

Energy and mass exchanges

chapter 2|46 pages

Physical basis of boundary layer climates

chapter 3|31 pages

Climates of simple non-vegetated surfaces

chapter 4|48 pages

Climates of vegetated surfaces

chapter 5|32 pages

Climates of non-uniform terrain

chapter 6|37 pages

Climates of animals

part |2 pages

Part III Man-modified atmospheric environments

chapter 7|33 pages

Intentionally modified climates

chapter 8|42 pages

Inadvertent climate modification

chapter 9|88 pages

Air pollution in the boundary layer