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1.1. General Principles of Radiative Transfer
1.2. Simple Models without Phase Change
1.3. General Principles of Moist Convection
1.4. Simple Models with Phase Change
1.5. Quantitative Assessments of the Equilibrium State - Comparisons to Observations
2.1. The Observed Climatology
2.2. Breakdown of the Radiative-Convective Equilibrium State
2.3. Dry Theory
2.4. Moist Theory
2.5. Regulation of Intensity
3.1. Monsoons (PDF 1 of 2 - 1.9 MB) (PDF 2 of 2 - 2.4 MB)
3.1.1. Development and Onset of the Asian Monsoon
3.1.2. Monsoon Breaks
3.1.3. Nonlinear, Asymmetric Theory
3.2. The Walker Circulation (PDF - 1.2 MB)
3.2.1. Observations
3.2.2. Theory
4.1. Observed Behavior
4.2 Theory and Modeling of ENSO
5.1. Observations
5.2. GCM Simulations
5.3. Theory of Equatorial Waves
5.3.1. Dry
5.3.2. Moist
5.4. WISHE
5.5. Cloud-Radiation Interactions and ISOs
7.1. Structure and Climatology (PDF - 1.4 MB)
7.2. Steady-State Physics (PDF)
7.3. Tropical Cyclone Inner Core Dynamics (PDF)#
7.4. Time-dependent, Axisymmetric Model Phrased in R Space (PDF)#
7.5. Tropical Cyclone Motion (PDF - 1.9 MB)#
7.6. Genesis (PDF - 5.5 MB)#
7.7. Forecasting Hurricane Intensity: Lessons from Application of the Coupled Hurricane Intensity Prediction System (CHIPS) (PDF - 5.0 MB)