TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- THE ENERGY BUDGET OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- RADIATION -- CONDUCTION AND CONVECTION -- THE WATER BUDGET -- THE NITROGEN BUDGET -- THE SULFUR BUDGET -- THE CARBON BUDGET -- THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- THE TROPOSPHERE -- THE STRATOSPHERE AND MESOSPHERE -- THE THERMOSPHERE -- THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND EXOSPHERE -- THE HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT FROM THE SUN -- CONVECTION, CIRCULATION, AND DE?ECTION OF AIR -- POLAR FRONTS AND THE JET STREAM -- THE EFFECTS OF THE CONTINENTS ON AIR MOVEMENT -- THE EFFECTS OF THE OCEANS ON AIR MOVEMENT -- MOUNTAIN BARRIERS -- CLOUD FORMATION AND PROCESSES -- CONDENSATION -- PRECIPITATION -- CHAPTER 2 WINDS AND WINDSTORMS -- WIND -- THE BEAUFORT SCALE -- WIND-GENERATED TURBULENCE -- THE NATURE OF STORMS -- CYCLONES -- EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES -- WINDSTORMS -- MONSOONS -- THE INDIAN MONSOON -- THE NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON -- THE MALAYSIAN-AUSTRALIAN MONSOON -- THE WEST AFRICAN MONSOON -- OTHER SIGNIFICANT WINDS -- ANABATIC WINDS -- BORAS -- CYCLOSTROPHIC WINDS -- ETESIAN WIND -- FOEHNS -- GRADIENT WINDS -- GREGALES -- HABOOBS -- HARMATTAN -- KATABATIC WINDS -- KHAMSIN -- LEE WAVES -- LEVANTER -- MISTRAL -- POLAR ANTICYCLONE -- QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION -- SHAMAL -- SIBERIAN ANTICYCLONE -- SIMOOM -- SIROCCO -- TRADE WINDS -- WATERSPOUTS -- WHIRLWINDS -- CHAPTER 3 THUNDERSTORMS -- THUNDERSTORM FORMATION AND STRUCTURE -- TYPES OF THUNDERSTORMS -- ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS -- MULTIPLE-CELL THUNDERSTORMS AND MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS -- SUPERCELL STORMS -- THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THUNDERSTORMS -- UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS -- DOWNBURSTS -- VERTICAL EXTENT -- THE MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS -- ENERGY -- THE WEATHER UNDER THUNDERSTORMS -- THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION.

LIGHTNING OCCURRENCE -- LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES -- CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING -- TRIGGERED LIGHTNING -- CLOUD-TO-CLOUD AND INTRACLOUD LIGHTNING -- LIGHTNING DAMAGE -- LIGHTNING PROTECTION -- CHAPTER 4 TORNADOES -- THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TORNADOES -- AIRFLOW REGIONS -- WIND SPEEDS AND AIR PRESSURES -- FUNNEL CLOUDS -- DURATION -- THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT -- TORNADO CYCLONES, TORNADO FAMILIES, AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES -- TORNADO FORMATION -- THE DYNAMIC PIPE -- THE TORNADO CORE AND THE CONDENSATION FUNNEL -- THE LOCATION IN THE PARENT STORM -- TORNADO INTENSITY -- WEAK (EF0 AND EF1) TORNADOES -- STRONG (EF2 AND EF3) TORNADOES -- VIOLENT (EF4 AND EF5) TORNADOES -- TORNADO OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION -- THE OCCURRENCE OF TORNADOES AROUND THE GLOBE -- TORNADO OCCURRENCE IN THE UNITED STATES -- THE PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF TORNADOES -- DEATH AND DAMAGE -- TORNADO SAFETY -- DEVASTATING TORNADOES -- CHAPTER 5 TROPICAL STORMS AND TROPICAL CYCLONES -- TROPICAL STORMS -- TROPICAL CYCLONES -- THE ANATOMY OF A CYCLONE -- THE LIFE OF A CYCLONE -- TROPICAL CYCLONE DAMAGE -- THE RANKING AND NAMING OF TROPICAL CYCLONES -- THE LOCATION AND PATTERNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES -- TRACKING AND FORECASTING -- SIGNIFICANT CYCLONES -- THE ROLE OF EARTH'S VIOLENT WINDS -- Appendix A: The Average Composition of the Atmosphere -- Appendix B: The Beaufort Scale of Wind (Nautical) -- Appendix C: The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale of Tornado Intensity -- Appendix D: The Saffir-Simpson and Australian Cyclone Scales -- Appendix E: Cyclonic Naming Systems -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TORNADOES -- TROPICAL CYCLONES -- THE ATMOSPHERE -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.