This book is designed as an introductory course in Tropical Meteorology for the graduate or advanced level undergraduate student.

From this volume, readers will gain an understanding of tropical climate variability from the meso- to planetary scale. Uniquely, equal emphasis is placed on atmospheric and oceanic processes of tropical phenomena.

In this book, Jim Galvin demystifies the topic in this zone that is increasingly of interest to those studying weather and climate.

A practical manual for training and reference use of USAF weather forecasters who will work in the tropics, it covers basic facts of climatology, circulation, synoptic models, analysis and forecasting, application throughout the tropics.

Winds and pressure.

This edition was prepared under contract with the Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii. Satellite data and wide-ranging research now allow the tropics to be treated more evenly and extensively than before.