| Preface | p. xi |
| Introductory concepts | p. 1 |
| Units | p. 2 |
| Earth, weight and mass | p. 3 |
| Systems and equilibrium | p. 7 |
| Constraints | p. 12 |
| Intensive and extensive quantities | p. 13 |
| System boundaries | p. 14 |
| Thermodynamics and atmospheric science | p. 16 |
| Notes | p. 17 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 18 |
| Problems | p. 18 |
| Gases | p. 20 |
| Ideal gas basics | p. 20 |
| Distribution of velocities | p. 29 |
| Flux of molecules striking a wall | p. 35 |
| Moles, etc. | p. 36 |
| Dalton's Law | p. 39 |
| Notes | p. 41 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 41 |
| Problems | p. 42 |
| The First Law of Thermodynamics | p. 44 |
| Reversible and irreversible work | p. 47 |
| Heating a system | p. 48 |
| Ideal gas results | p. 51 |
| Enthalpy | p. 61 |
| Standard enthalpy of fusion and vaporization | p. 63 |
| Notes | p. 65 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 65 |
| Problems | p. 66 |
| The Second Law of Thermodynamics | p. 69 |
| Entropy | p. 73 |
| The Second Law of Thermodynamics | p. 76 |
| Systems and reversibility | p. 77 |
| Additivity of entropy | p. 78 |
| Extremum principle | p. 82 |
| Entropy summary | p. 87 |
| Criteria for equilibrium | p. 88 |
| Gibbs energy | p. 89 |
| Multiple components | p. 93 |
| Notes | p. 95 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 96 |
| Problems | p. 96 |
| Air and water | p. 99 |
| Vapor pressure | p. 99 |
| Saturation vapor pressure | p. 102 |
| Van der Waals equation | p. 103 |
| Multiple phase systems | p. 105 |
| Phase boundaries | p. 107 |
| Clausius-Clapeyron equation | p. 109 |
| Integration of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation | p. 110 |
| Mixing air and water | p. 112 |
| Wet-bulb temperature, LCL | p. 117 |
| Equilibrium vapor pressure over a curved surface | p. 121 |
| Isobaric mixing of air parcels | p. 130 |
| Notes | p. 131 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 131 |
| Problems | p. 132 |
| Profiles of the atmosphere | p. 134 |
| Pressure versus height | p. 134 |
| Slope of the dry adiabat | p. 138 |
| Geopotential height and thickness | p. 141 |
| Archimedes' Principle | p. 143 |
| Stability | p. 145 |
| Vertical oscillations | p. 147 |
| Where is the LCL? | p. 149 |
| Slope of a moist adiabat | p. 152 |
| Lifting moist air | p. 154 |
| Moist static energy | p. 158 |
| Profiles of well-mixed layers | p. 158 |
| Notes | p. 161 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 161 |
| Problems | p. 162 |
| Thermodynamic charts | p. 163 |
| Areas and energy | p. 164 |
| Skew T diagram | p. 166 |
| Chart exercises | p. 170 |
| Stability problem: example sounding | p. 178 |
| Convective available potential energy (CAPE) | p. 181 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 186 |
| Problems | p. 186 |
| Thermochemistry | p. 191 |
| Standard enthalpy of formation | p. 192 |
| Photochemistry | p. 194 |
| Gibbs energy for chemical reactions | p. 199 |
| Elementary kinetics | p. 201 |
| Equilibrium constant | p. 206 |
| Solutions | p. 211 |
| Notes | p. 217 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 217 |
| Problems | p. 218 |
| The Thermodynamic equation | p. 220 |
| Scalar and vector fields | p. 225 |
| Pressure gradient force | p. 228 |
| Surface integrals and flux | p. 230 |
| Conduction of heat | p. 232 |
| Two-dimensional divergence | p. 234 |
| Three-dimensional divergence | p. 237 |
| Divergence theorem | p. 239 |
| Continuity equation | p. 240 |
| Material derivative | p. 242 |
| Thermodynamic equation | p. 243 |
| Potential temperature form | p. 245 |
| Contributions to DQ$$/Dt | p. 245 |
| Notes | p. 246 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 246 |
| Problems | p. 247 |
| Units and numerical values of constants | p. 249 |
| Notation and abbreviations | p. 252 |
| Answers for selected problems | p. 258 |
| Bibliography | p. 263 |
| Index | p. 265 |
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