Contiene índice: páginas 395-406.

Referencias bibliográficas: páginas 383-394.

Part I – Background -- 1. Atmospheric Observations and Models -- 2. Heuristic Models of the General Circulation -- Part II - Balance Requirements for the General Circulation -- 3. The Angular Momentum Balance -- 4. Mass Balance of Atmospheric Trace Constituents -- 5. The Balance of Total Energy -- 6. The Mechanical Energy Cycle -- Part III - Dynamics of the Zonal Mean Flow -- 7. Dynamics of the Zonal Mean Flow -- 8. Wave–Mean Flow Interaction -- Part IV - The Stratospheric General Circulation -- 9. The Global Stratospheric Circulation -- 10. Wave–Mean Flow Interaction in the Tropical Stratosphere -- Part V - The Zonally Varying Extratropical Tropospheric Circulation -- 11. The Northern Hemisphere Winter Zonally Varying Climatology -- 12. The High Frequency Extratropical Transients -- 13. The Low Frequency Extratropical Transients -- Part VI - The Tropical General Circulation -- 14. The Annual Mean Circulation of the Tropics -- 15. Tropical Convection -- 16. The Seasons in the Tropics -- 17. El Niño–Southern Oscillation -- 18. Intraseasonal Variability of the Tropical General Circulation -- 19. Day-to-Day Variability of the Tropical Circulation -- 20. Warm Core Tropical Vortices -- 21. Diurnal and Higher Frequency Variability of the Global Circulation -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.