Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Meteorology as a Natural Science -- Chapter 3: Historical Background 3.1 Aristotle's Meteorologica -- Chapter 4: Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere -- Chapter 5: Energy and Radiation -- Chapter 6: Atmospheric Thermodynamics -- Chapter 7: Air Temperature -- Chapter 8: Atmospheric Pressure and Wind.

his book is dedicated to the atmosphere of our planet, and discusses historical and contemporary achievements in meteorological science and technology for the betterment of society. The book explores many significant atmospheric phenomena and physical processes from the local to global scale, as well as from the perspective of short and long-term time scales, and links these processes to various applications in other scientific disciplines with linkages to meteorology. In addition to addressing general topics such as climate system dynamics and climate change, the book also discusses atmospheric boundary layer, atmospheric waves, atmospheric chemistry, optics/photometeors, electricity, atmospheric modeling and numeric weather prediction.