figure 1
Earth at aphelion and perihelion.
(Lutgens, F.K., and Tarbuck E. J., 1986: The Atmosphere:
An Introduction to Meteorology. Reprinted by permission of
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N. J., 07458.)
figure 2
Power input from the Sun.
figure 3
Transport and radiation.
figure 4
Radiation flux vs. Latitude.
figure 5
World mean sea-level
temperatures in January.
(After Howard J. Critchfield, General
Climatology, 3rd ed., 1974 by Prentice-Hall,Inc.)
figure 6
World mean sea-level temperatures in July.
(After Howard J. Critchfield, General
Climatology, 3rd ed., 1974 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
figure 7
Structure and temperature of the Atmosphere.
figure 8
Global circulation on a
non-rotating earth.
(Lutgens, F.K., and Tarbuck E. J., 1986: The Atmosphere:
An Introduction to Meteorology. Reprinted by permission of
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle
River, N. J., 07458.)
figure 9
Wind and pressure belts of the earth.
(Lutgens, F.K., and Tarbuck E. J.,
1986: The Atmosphere:
An Introduction to Meteorology. Reprinted by permission of
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle
River, N. J., 07458.)
figure 10
Idealized relation of the polar front to the wind and pressure belts of the
world.
(Donn, W.
L., 1975: Meteorology. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY. 518
pp.)
figure 11
Idealized diagram showing the relationship between flow near the surface
and aloft.
(Lutgens, F.K., and Tarbuck E. J.,
1986: The Atmosphere:
An Introduction to Meteorology. Reprinted by permission of
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle
River, N. J., 07458.)
figure 12
Distribution of average annual precipitation over the continents.
(Trewartha, G. T., 1968: An
Introduction to Climate. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York, NY, 408 pp.)
figure 13
Distribution of types of
climate over the continents. (Trewartha, G. T., 1968: An
Introduction to Climate. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York, NY, 408 pp.)
figure 14
Average annual
precipitation over the tropical Pacific Ocean. (Adapted from R. C.
Taylor, 1973: An Atlas of Pacific Islands Rainfall, Hawaii Institute of
Geophysics.)
figure 15
Nocturnal summertime
precipitation in the U.S. Midwest.
Introduction
The Sun
Oceans
Temperature Structure
Earth's Rotation
Atmospheric Circulations
Precipitation
