Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Basic equations....Pages 4-31 Basic balances and stability....Pages 32-54 Approximations of equations....Pages 55-79 Waves....Pages 80-132 Instability....Pages 133-184 Forced motions....Pages 185-206 Eddy transport....Pages 207-235 Thermodynamics of moist air....Pages 236-261 Basic equations of moist air....Pages 262-275 Radiation process....Pages 276-292 Turbulence....Pages 293-322 Front Matter....Pages 323-325 Global energy budget....Pages 326-352 Latitudinal energy balance....Pages 353-369 Vertical structure....Pages 370-394 Moist convection....Pages 395-419 Low-latitude circulations....Pages 420-440 Circulations on a sphere....Pages 441-473 Midlatitude circulations....Pages 474-504 Global mixing....Pages 505-515 Front Matter....Pages 516-518 Basic equations of hydrostatic general circulation models....Pages 519-530 Front Matter....Pages 516-518 Spectral method on a sphere....Pages 531-571 Vertical discretization of hydrostatic models....Pages 572-591 Time integration methods of the spectral model....Pages 592-607 Nonhydrostatic modeling....Pages 608-635 Icosahedral grids....Pages 636-660 Global nonhydrostatic models....Pages 661-688 Standard experiments of atmospheric general circulation models....Pages 689-702 Back Matter....Pages 703-730