Anmerkung: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Nature of the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility -- Third-Order and Cascaded Nonlinearities -- Picosecond Optical Pulse Generation Using Semiconductor Lasers -- Microcavity Lasers and QED -- Solid-State Laser Materials -- Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers -- Fibre Lasers -- Optical Parametric Oscillators: continuous wave operation -- Pulsed Parametric Oscillators -- Ultrashort Pulse Sources -- Applications of Ultrashort Optical Pulses -- Ultrafast Imaging Techniques -- Fibre Nonlinearities -- Electromagnetically Induced Transparency -- Cooling and Trapping Neutral Atoms with Laser Light -- Presentations by Participants -- Participants' Addresses -- Index.

Anmerkung: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- MAPS AND DIAGRAMS -- 1. January Isanomalous Lines -- 2. July Isanomalous Lines -- 3. Climatic Control of Settlement -- 4. Climographs -- 5. Equipluves and Isohyets -- 6. Mean Annual Cloudines -- 7. Wind Rose for Mendoza (Argentine) -- 8. Generalized Circulation of the Atmosphere -- 9. Wind Force and Direction, January and February -- 10. Wind Force and Direction, July and August -- 11. Annual Variation of Insolation -- 12. Insolation at Different Latitudes on 21st June -- 13. Altitude of the Snow-line -- 14. Yearly March of Temperature in Continental and Marine Climates -- 15. Mean Annual Range of Temperature -- 16. January Isotherms and Mean Annual Minima of Temperature over the Great Lakes -- 17. Temperature-Height diagram, conditional instability -- 18. Diurnal Changes of Lapse Rate -- 19. Stages in Development of Depression from Wave to Occlusion -- 20. Warm and Cold Occlusions -- 21. Depression Structure and Weather -- 22. Generalized Circulation Wheels and Frontogenetic Regions in North Atlantic and Bordering Lands, Autumn -- 23. Generalized Vertical Circulation -- 24. Air Masses and Fronts, January and February -- 25. Air Masses and Fronts, Northern Hemisphere, Winter -- 26. Air Masses and Fronts, Northern Hemisphere, Summer -- 27. The Principal Causes of Rainfall -- 28. Köppen's Temperature Zones -- 29. Climatic Requirements of some Major Vegetational Formations -- 30. Duration of Growing Season and Forest Type -- 31. Eight Forest Climates -- 32. Temperature Zones -- 33. Seasonal Distribution of Rain (Highly Generalized) -- 34. Distribution of Climatic Types and their Schematic Arrangement on an Ideal Continent -- 35. Annual March of Temperature and Rainfall in Equatorial Climates. , 36. March of Rainfall in Equatorial and Tropical Climates -- 37. Pressure Winds and Rainfall in the Malay Archipelago -- 38. Temperature and Rainfall Régimes in the East Indies -- 39. Rainfall Régimes on Trade-wind Coasts -- 40. Distribution of Tropical Cyclones -- 41. Annual March of Rainfall and Temperature in Tropical Continental Climates -- 42. Duration of Rainy Season in Africa -- 43. Vegetation of Africa -- 44. Mean Pressure and Winds, January -- 45. Cold Weather Rainfall and Storm-tracks -- 46. Diurnal Range of Temperature (January) -- 47. Mean Daily Relative Humidity (January) -- 48. Mean Temperature (May) -- 49. Mean Maximum Temperature (May) -- 50. Hot Weather Rainfall (March-May) -- 51. Weather on I4th May, 1897 -- 52. Weather on 3rd July, 1889 -- 53. Annual March of Temperature and Rainfall in India -- 54. Streamlines during Monsoon -- 55. Monsoon Rainfall (June-October) -- 56. Rainfall at Hué and Madras -- 57. Advance of the Monsoon Rains into Australia -- 58. Transition of Climates in South Australia and Victoria -- 59. Yearly March of Temperature in Mediterranean Climates -- 60. The Rainfall Control of Vegetation and Crops in Swanland -- 61. Rainfall Régimes in Eastern Margin Warm-Temperate Climates -- 62. Antarctic Depression Unfavourable to Inland Rains -- 63. Antarctic Depression Favourable to Good Inland Rains -- 64. Rainfall Régimes in the Gulf-Atlantic States -- 65. Rainfall Régimes in Cool-Temperate Climates -- 66. Mean Temperatures at Kew -- 67. Principal Tracks of Depressions in Western Europe -- 68. Cyclone Tracks, North America -- 69. Tracks of Continental Depressions and of Typhoons -- 70. Chief Storm Tracks, Japan -- 71. Approximate Positions of the Summer Isotherms of 32° and 50° in the Polar Regions -- 72. Northern Limit of Productive Date Palm -- 73. Mechanism of Up-valley Winds in Mountains. , 74. Mean Height of Snow-level in the Inn Valley in Northern Tyrol -- 75. Altitude and the Growing Season in the Eastern Alps -- 76. Evidence for Climatic Zones in Permo-Carboniferous Times -- 77. Land and Sea during the Eocene -- 78. Land and Sea at Maximum Glaciation -- 79. Climatic Conditions during the Continental Phase -- 80. Climatic Conditions during the Maritime Phase -- 81. Climatic Conditions during the Forest Period -- 82. Climatic Conditions during the Peat-Bog Phase -- I: The Meaning and Scope of Climatology -- II: The Elements of Climate -- III: The Factors of Climate -- IV: Air Masses -- V: The Classification of Climates -- VI: Equatorial Climates -- VII: Tropical Climates -- VIII: Tropical Monsoon Climates -- IX: Western Margin Warm-Temperate Climates -- X: Eastern Margin Warm-Temperate Climates -- XI: Cool-Temperate Climates -- XII: Cold Climates -- XIII: Arctic Climates -- XIV: Desert Climates -- XV: Mountain Climates -- XVI: Changes of Climate -- Index.