This volume hopes to serve as a point of reference for students and researchers of meteorology and climatology for many years to come. This latest volume in the International Geophysics series details advances in meteorology and explores the interfaces with science, technology and society. Ways in which modern meterology is contributing to the developments in other sciences is described, as well as how atmospheric scientists are learning from colleagues in related disciplines. The areas covered include: weather prediction at the millennium; climate variability and change; atmosphere-ocean coupling; the biogeochemical system; and weather on other planets.