Atmospheric Processes and Human Influence

The dynamic atmosphere: systems approach. The atmosphere - energy in the system: Kenya; Sweden; the greenhouse effect; the solar budget; conduction convection and radiation. Climate change. Global warming: British Isles; the carbon cycle. Ozone depletion: Australia. Atmospheric movement: Tanzania; the 1987 storm, England; Coriolis force; convection cells; vorticity. Atmospheric moisture: Zimbabwe; the hydrological cycle; water budgets; water balance. Precipitation: West Africa; British Isles; the Bergeron-Findeison process; the coalescence; the PH scale; acid rain damage. Mid-latitude systems: Towyn floods, Wales; Summer 1994, England. Tropical systems: Malaysia; India. Hurricanes - a major hazard: Florida, USA. Local climates: Los Angeles, USA. Brazil - a synthesis of ideas: the Amazon.