Call number:
AWI A3-02-0037
Description / Table of Contents:
Synoptic and dynamic climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification. It is unrivalled in the scope and detail of its contents. The work is thoroughly up to date, with extensive reference sections by chapter. It is illustrated with plates and nearly 300 figures. Part 1 provides an introduction to the global climate system and the space-time scales of weather and climate processes, followed by a chapter on climate data and their analysis. Part 2 describes and explains the characteristics of the general circulation of the global atmosphere, planetary waves and blocking behavior, and the nature and causes of global teleconnection patterns. Part 3 discusses synoptic weather systems in the extratropics and tropics, and satellite-based climatologies of synoptic features. It also describes the methods and applications of synoptic climatology and summarizes current climatic research and its directions. The book is intended for advanced students in climatology and environmental and atmospheric sciences, as well as for professionals in the field of climate dynamics and variability. It presents both established findings about global climate and unresolved issues. Its comprehensive reference lists provide an invaluable guide to further study.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XV, 620 S., [2] Bl. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0415031168
Note:
Contents: List of plates. - Preface. - Acknowledgments. - PART 1 The climate system and its study. - 1 Introduction. - 1.1 The global climate system. - 1.2 Time and space scales of weather and climate processes. - 1.3 Dynamic and synoptic climatology. - 1.4 The structure of the book. - 2 Climate data and their analysis. - 2.1 Synoptic meteorological data. - 2.2 Remotely sensed data. - 2.3 Climate variables and their statistical description. - 2.4 Analytical tools for spatial data. - 2.5 Time series. - 2.6 Empirical orthogonal function analysis, clustering, and classification. - Appendix 2.1 Eulerian and Lagrangian methods. - PART 2 Dynamic climatology. - 3 Global climate and the general circulation. - 3.1 Planetary controls. - 3.2 Basic controls of the atmospheric circulation and its maintenance. - 3.3 Circulation cells. - 3.4 The Earth's geography. - 3.5 Climate system feedbacks. - 3.6 General circulation models. - 3.7 The global circulation-description. - 3.8 Centers of action. - 3.9 Global climatic features. - 3.10 Air masses. - Appendix 3.1 Potential vorticity. - 4 Large-scale circulation and climatic characteristics. - 4.1 Time-averaged circulation. - 4.2 Jetstreams. - 4.3 Planetary waves. - 4.4 Zonal index. - 4.5 Zonal and blocking flow modes. - 4.6 Blocking mechanisms.- 4.7 Low-frequency circulation variability and persistence. - 4.8 Intraseasonal oscillations. - Appendix 4.1 Spectral harmonic functions. - Appendix 4.2 Eliassen-Palm flux. - Appendix 4.3 Normal modes. - 5 Global teleconnections. - 5.1 Pressure oscillations and teleconnection patterns. - 5.2 The Southern Oscillation and El Niño. - 5.3 ENSO mechanisms. - 5.4 Teleconnections with ENSO. - 5.5 Extratropical teleconnection patterns. - 5.6 North Atlantic Oscillation. - 5.7 North Pacific Oscillation. - 5.8 Zonally symmetric oscillations. - 5.9 The southern hemisphere. - 5.10 Tropical-extratropical teleconnections. - 5.11 Teleconnections and synoptic-scale activity. - 5.12 Time-scale aspects of teleconnections. - 5.13 Interannual to interdecadal oscillations. - Appendix 5.1 Partitioning between equatorially symmetric and antisymmetric components. - PART 3 Synoptic climatology. - 6 Synoptic systems. - 6.1 Early studies of extra tropical systems. - 6.2 Climatology of cyclones and anticyclone. - 6.3 Development of cyclones. - 6.4 Storm tracks. - 6.5 Satellite-based climatologies of synoptic features. - 6.6 Synoptic-scale systems in the tropics. - Appendix 6.1 The Q-vector formulation. - 7 Synoptic climatology and its applications / Roger G. Barry and Allen H. Perry. - 7.1 Synoptic pattern classification. - 7.2 Subjective typing procedures. - 7.3 Objective typing procedures. - 7.4 Principal catalogs and their uses. - 7.5 Regional applications. - 7.6 Analogs. - 7.7 Seasonal structure. - 7.8 Climatic trends. - 7.9 Environmental applications. - 8 Retrospect and prospect. - Further reading. - Index.
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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