Climate Dynamics
Why Does Climate Vary?
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2010
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-87590-480-1 (ISBN)
Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 189.
Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary? presents the major climate phenomena within the climate system to underscore the potency of dynamics in giving rise to climate change and variability. These phenomena include deep convection over the Indo-Pacific warm pool and its planetary-scale organization: the Madden-Julian Oscillation, the monsoons, the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the low-frequency variability of extratropical circulations. The volume also has a chapter focusing on the discussion of the causes of the recent melting of Arctic sea ice and a chapter devoted to the discussion of the causes of recent changes in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones. On each topic, the basic material of climate dynamics is covered to aid the understanding of the forefront research, making the volume accessible to a broad spectrum of readers. The volume highlights include
Diabatic and nonlinear aspects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Causes of sea ice melting in the Arctic
Impact of global warming on tropical cyclone activity
Origins of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Causes of climate variability of Asian monsoons
The volume will be of particular interest to graduate students and young researchers in atmospheric and oceanic sciences and related disciplines such as geology and geography. The book will also be a good read for those who have a more general interest in the Earth's climate and why it varies.
Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary? presents the major climate phenomena within the climate system to underscore the potency of dynamics in giving rise to climate change and variability. These phenomena include deep convection over the Indo-Pacific warm pool and its planetary-scale organization: the Madden-Julian Oscillation, the monsoons, the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the low-frequency variability of extratropical circulations. The volume also has a chapter focusing on the discussion of the causes of the recent melting of Arctic sea ice and a chapter devoted to the discussion of the causes of recent changes in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones. On each topic, the basic material of climate dynamics is covered to aid the understanding of the forefront research, making the volume accessible to a broad spectrum of readers. The volume highlights include
Diabatic and nonlinear aspects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Causes of sea ice melting in the Arctic
Impact of global warming on tropical cyclone activity
Origins of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Causes of climate variability of Asian monsoons
The volume will be of particular interest to graduate students and young researchers in atmospheric and oceanic sciences and related disciplines such as geology and geography. The book will also be a good read for those who have a more general interest in the Earth's climate and why it varies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87590-480-1 (9780875904801)
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De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan are the authors of Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary?, published by Wiley.
Content
Preface
De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan vii
Introduction
De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan 1
The Multiscale Organization of Moist Convection and the Intersection of Weather and Climate
Mitchell W. Moncrieff 3
Monsoon Climate Variabilities
Tim Li 27
A Brief Introduction to El Nino and La Nina
Cecile Penland, De-Zheng Sun, Antonietta Capotondi, and Daniel J. Vimont 53
A Linear Stochastic Model of Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Related to El Nino
Cecile Penland 65
The Diabatic and Nonlinear Aspects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation: Implications for Its Past and Future Behavior
De-Zheng Sun 79
El Nino-Southern Oscillation Ocean Dynamics: Simulation by Coupled General Circulation Models
Antonietta Capotondi 105
Extratropical Air-Sea Interaction, Sea Surface Temperature Variability, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Michael Alexander 123
Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Tropospheric Planetary Waves and Their Low-Frequency Variability: Their Vertical Structure and Interaction With Transient Eddies and Surface Thermal Contrasts
Hisashi Nakamura, Takafumi Miyasaka, Yu Kosaka, Koutarou Takaya, and Meiji Honda 149
Artic Sea Ice and the Potential for Abrupt Loss
Marika M. Holland 181
Global Warming and Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Western North Pacific From an Observational Perspective
Johnny C. L. Chan 193
AGU Category Index 207
Index 209
De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan vii
Introduction
De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan 1
The Multiscale Organization of Moist Convection and the Intersection of Weather and Climate
Mitchell W. Moncrieff 3
Monsoon Climate Variabilities
Tim Li 27
A Brief Introduction to El Nino and La Nina
Cecile Penland, De-Zheng Sun, Antonietta Capotondi, and Daniel J. Vimont 53
A Linear Stochastic Model of Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Related to El Nino
Cecile Penland 65
The Diabatic and Nonlinear Aspects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation: Implications for Its Past and Future Behavior
De-Zheng Sun 79
El Nino-Southern Oscillation Ocean Dynamics: Simulation by Coupled General Circulation Models
Antonietta Capotondi 105
Extratropical Air-Sea Interaction, Sea Surface Temperature Variability, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Michael Alexander 123
Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Tropospheric Planetary Waves and Their Low-Frequency Variability: Their Vertical Structure and Interaction With Transient Eddies and Surface Thermal Contrasts
Hisashi Nakamura, Takafumi Miyasaka, Yu Kosaka, Koutarou Takaya, and Meiji Honda 149
Artic Sea Ice and the Potential for Abrupt Loss
Marika M. Holland 181
Global Warming and Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Western North Pacific From an Observational Perspective
Johnny C. L. Chan 193
AGU Category Index 207
Index 209