Book Description

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.