• PART I: Introduction


• 1: What is Synoptic Meteorology?


• 2: Units and Variables


• 3: Coordinate Systems


• PART II: Scalar Fields and Their Kinematics


• 1: The Pressure Field


• 2: The Temperature and Moisture Fields


• 3: The Measurement of Scalar Fields


• PART III: Kinematics of the Wind Field


• 1: Properties of the Wind Field


• 2: Computation of Divergence, Vorticity, and Deformation


• 3: Properties of the Three Dimensional Wind Field


• 4: Measuring the Wind Field


• PART IV: Elementary Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics


• 1: The Law of Motion


• 2: The Equation of Continuity


• 3: The Thermodynamics Equation


• 4: Friction


• 5: The Vorticity Equation


• 6: Energetics


• 7: Thermodynamic Retrieval


• PART V: Quasi-Geostrophic Theory


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Estimating the terms in the Vorticity and Thermodynamics Equation


• 3: Estimating Vertical Motion from the Observed Wind and Mass Fields


• 4: Estimating Local Height Tendencies from the Observed Wind and Mass Fields


• 5: The Quasi-Geostrophic Vorticity and Thermodnamic Equations


• 6: Derivation of the Quasi-Geostrophic w and Height Tendency Equations


• 7: Interpretation of the Quasi-Geostrophic w-Equation


• 8: The Quasi-Geostrophic Potential Vorticity Form of the Height-Tendency Equation


• 9: Static Stability Effects on Vertical Motion


• 10: Interpretation of the Quasi-Geostrophic Height-Tendency Equation


• 11: The Effects of Vertical Variations in Static Stability on the Geopotential-Height Tendency