ABSTRACT

First published in 1972, this first volume of Professor Lamb's study of our changing climate deals with the fundamentals of climate and climatology, as well as providing global data on the contemporary climates of the twentieth century

chapter

Introduction

part I|498 pages

Fundamentals

chapter Chapter 2|54 pages

Radiation and the Earth's heat supply

chapter Chapter 3|70 pages

The atmosphere in motion

chapter Chapter 4|49 pages

Seasonal changes

chapter Chapter 5|25 pages

The stratosphere

chapter Chapter 6|42 pages

Cyclic and quasi-periodic phenomena

chapter Chapter 8|39 pages

The oceans

chapter Chapter 9|39 pages

The water cycle

chapter Chapter 10|80 pages

Some observed causes of climatic variation

part II|56 pages

Climate now