humidity. See also Atmospheric convection Atmospheric temperature Atmospheric wave Chemical thermodynamics Cloud physics Equilibrium thermodynamics Fluid dynamics Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Thermodynamics Special topics Lorenz, E. N., 1955, Available potential energy and the maintenance of the general circulation, Tellus, 7, 157–167. Emanuel, K, 1986, Part I. An air-sea interaction theory for tropical cyclones, J. Atmos. Sci. 43, 585, (energy cycle of the mature hurricane has been idealized here as Carnot engine that converts heat energy extracted from the ocean to mechanical energy). References Further reading Curry, J.A. and P.J. Webster, 1999, Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. Academic Press, London, 467 pp (textbook for graduates) Dufour, L. et, Van Mieghem, J. – Thermodynamique de l'Atmosphère, Institut Royal Meteorologique de Belgique, 1975. 278 pp (theoretical approach). First edition of this book – 1947. Emanuel, K.A.(1994): Atmospheric Convection, Oxford University Press. (thermodynamics of tropical cyclones). Iribarne, J.V. and Godson, W.L., Atmospheric thermodynamics, Dordrecht, Boston, Reidel (basic textbook). Petty, G.W., A First Course in Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Sundog Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, (undergraduate textbook). von Alfred Wegener, Thermodynamik der Atmosphare, Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1911, 331pp. Wilford Zdunkowski, Thermodynamics of the atmosphere: a course in theoretical meteorology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004. Gliding technology