Pt. I. Uniform heating from below. On convection currents in a horizontal layer of fluid when the higher temperature in on the under side / Lord Rayleigh -- The stability of a layer of fluid heated below / H. Jeffreys -- Some cases of instability in fluid motion / H. Jeffreys -- The instability of a compressible fluid heated below / H. Jeffreys -- On the criterion for stability of a layer of viscous fluid heated from below / A.R. Low -- On maintained convective motion in a fluid heated from below / A. Pellew and R.V. Southwell -- pt. II. Effects of rotation. Motion of solids in fluids when the flow is not irrotational / G.I. Taylor -- Experiments with rotating fluids / G.I. Taylor -- pt. III. Uniform heating from below with rotation. The instability of a layer of fluid heated below and subject to Coriolis forces / S. Chandrasekhar -- The instability of a layer of fluid heated below and subject to Coriolis forces, II / S. Chandrasekhar and D.D. Elbert -- pt. IV. Horizontally non-uniform heating with rotation (the planetary atmosphere). On the phenomena of motion in the atmosphere / A. Oberbeck -- On atmospheric motions / H. von Helmholtz -- The function of cyclones in the general circulation / H. Jeffreys -- Relation between variations in the intensity of the zonal circulation of the atmosphere and the displacements of the semi-permanent centers of action / C.-G. Rossby and collaborators -- The dynamics of long waves in a baroclinic westerly current / J.G. Charney -- Long waves and cyclone waves / E.T. Eady -- Dynamic instability of two-dimensional nondivergent flow in a barotropic atmosphere / H.-L. Kuo -- Stability properties of large-scale atmospheric disturbances / R. Fjøtoft -- Symmetrical disturbances in a thin layer of fluid subject to a horizontal temperature gradient and rotation / H.-L. Kuo -- The forced flow due to heating of a rotating liquid / T.V. Davies -- On the forced motion due to heating of a deep rotating liquid in an annulus / T.V. Davies -- Energy-releasing processes and stability of thermally driven motions in a rotating fluid / H.-L. Kuo -- Forced and free meridional circulations in the atmosphere / H.-L. Kuo -- Further studies of thermally driven motions in a rotating fluid / H.-L. Kuo -- The general circulation of the atmosphere: a numerical experiment / N.A. Phillips.

This book contains tutorial and review articles as well as specific research letters that cover a wide range of topics: (1) dynamics of atmospheric variability from both basic theory and data analysis, (2) physical and mathematical problems in climate modeling and numerical weather prediction, (3) theories of atmospheric radiative transfer and their applications in satellite remote sensing, and (4) mathematical and statistical methods. The book can be used by undergraduates or graduate students majoring in atmospheric sciences, as an introduction to various research areas; and by researchers and educators, as a general review or quick reference in their fields of interest.

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

This invaluable book presents selected papers of S Chandrasekhar, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 and a scientific giant well known for his prolific and monumental contributions to astrophysics, physics and applied mathematics. The reader will find here most of Chandrasekhar's articles that led to major developments in various areas of physics and astrophysics. There are also articles of a popular and historical nature, as well as some hitherto unpublished material based on Chandrasekhar's talks at conferences. Each section of the book contains annotations by the editor.

The author of this unique volume, Lev P Gor'kov is internationally renowned for his seminal contribution in the fundamentals of the Theory of Superconductivity, Theory of Metals, the field of Quantum Statistical Physics, and more generally, Organic Metals and the like. Each reprints' group is preceded by the author's introductions and commentaries clarifying the formulation of a problem, summarizing the essence of the results and placing them in the context of recent developments. The author belongs to the last generation of scientists who were the direct disciples of the legendary Russian theorist Lev Landau. And Gor'kov's achievements reflect the unique style and the originality of this famous Scientific School. As with other Russian scientists of his generation, many of the pioneering papers by Lev Gor'kov have been published in the Russian journals that are hard-to-reach for modern readers, students and postdocs. Allowing readers a glimpse into the various ways that the field of condensed matter physics was evolving for more than half a century, the volume is a valuable source for historians of science.