I. Fundamental Conservation and Balance Principles for large-scale flow
Hydrostatic balance
Conservation of potential vorticity
The invertibility principle
The Rossby number and the quasi-geostrophic equations
The superposition principle
Higher-order balance systems
Separation of flow into balanced and unbalanced parts
The `omega` equation
II. Generation of Synoptic-scale Eddies
Rossby wave
The Eady model
The Charney model
The Charney-Stern theorem
Effects of surface friction
Effects of phase change of water
Effects of orography
Observed modes of cyclogenesis
III Fronts and Frontogenesis
Observed characteristics of classical fronts
Semi-geostrophy
Effects of phase change of water
IV Tropical Dynamics
The Hadley Circulation
The quasi-biennial oscillation
Wave-like oscillations of the equatorial atmosphere
Tropical cyclones
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