CONTENTS

• CHAPTER 1. THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
• Composition
• Vertical Structure
• The Standard Atmosphere
• Density and Hypoxia
• CHAPTER 2. TEMPERATURE
• Temperature Scales
• Heat and Temperature
• Temperature Variations
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 3. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ALTIMETRY
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Altimetry
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 4. WIND
• Convection
• Pressure Gradient Force
• Coriolis Force
• The General Circulation
• Friction
• The Jet Stream
• Local and Small Scale Winds
• Wind Shear
• Wind, Pressure Systems, and Weather
• CHAPTER 5. MOISTURE, CLOUD FORMATION, AND PRECIPITATION
• Water Vapor
• Change of State
• Cloud Formation
• Precipitation
• Land and Water Effects
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 6. STABLE AND UNSTABLE AIR
• Changes Within Upward and Downward Moving Air
• Stability and Instability
• What Does It All Mean?
• CHAPTER 7. CLOUDS
• Identification
• Signposts in the Sky
• CHAPTER 8. AIR MASSES AND FRONTS
• Air Masses
• Fronts
• Fronts and Flight Planning
• CHAPTER 9. TURBULENCE
• Convective Currents
• Obstructions to Wind Flow
• Wind Shear
• Wake Turbulence
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 10. ICING
• Structural Icing
• Induction System Icing
• Instrument Icing
• Icing and Cloud Types
• Other Factors in Icing
• Ground Icing
• Frost
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 11. THUNDERSTORMS
• Where and When?
• They Don't Just Happen
• The Inside Story
• Rough and Rougher
• Hazards
• Thunderstorms and Radar
• Do's and Don'ts of Thunderstorm Flying
• CHAPTER 12. COMMON IFR PROCEDURES
• Fog
• Low Stratus Clouds
• Haze and Smoke
• Blowing Restrictions to Visibility
• Precipitation
• Obscured or Partially Obscured Sky
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 13. HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER
• The Tropopause
• The Jet Stream
• Cirrus Clouds
• Clear Air Turbulence
• Condensation Trails
• Haze Layers
• Canopy Static
• Icing
• Thunderstorms
• CHAPTER 14. ARCTIC WEATHER
• Climate, Air Masses, and Fronts
• Arctic Peculiarities
• Weather Hazards
• Arctic Flying Weather
• In Closing
• CHAPTER 15. TROPICAL WEATHER
• Circulation
• Transitory Systems
• CHAPTER 16. SOARING WEATHER
• Thermal Soaring
• Frontal Soaring
• Sea Breeze Soaring
• Ridge or Hill Soaring
• Mountain Wave Soaring
• In Closing
• Glossary of Weather Terms