Call number:
13/M 06.0016
;
AWI A4-06-0013
In:
Cambridge atmospheric and space science series
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVII, 385 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
0521814189
Series Statement:
Cambridge atmospheric and space science series
Classification:
Meteorology and Climatology
Language:
English
Note:
Contents:
Preface. -
Acknowledgements. -
List of Abbreviations. -
1 The evolution of knowledge about the Arctic and its climate. -
1.1 Historical exploration. -
1.2 The beginning of systematic observations. -
1.3 The modern era. -
2 Physical characteristics and basic climatic features. -
2.1 The Arctic ocean. -
2.2 The Arctic lands. -
2.3 Basic climatic elements. -
3 The basic atmospheric heat budget. -
3.1 The Arctic and the global heat budget. -
3.2 The basic Arctic heat budget. -
3.3 Further analysis of Fwall. -
4 The atmospheric circulation. -
4.1 Historical perspective. -
4.2 The stratospheric circulation. -
4.3 The Arctic tropopause. -
4.4 The mid-tropospheric circulation. -
4.5 Surface and near-surface circulation. -
4.6 Polar Lows. -
5 The surface energy budget. -
5.1 The energy balance equations. -
5.2 The downward solar radiation flux. -
5.3 Surface albedo. -
5.4 Longwave radiation fluxes. -
5.5 Distribution of net radiation. -
5.6 Cloud radiative forcing. -
5.7 Radiation fluxes from surface observations: examples from SHEBA. -
5.8 Partitioning of net radiation. -
5.9 Skin temperature, SAT and vertical structure. -
5.10 Radiation-climate feedbacks. -
6 Precipitation, net precipitation and river discharge. -
6.1 Precipitation. -
6.2 Evapo-transpiration and net precipitation. -
6.3 Mean annual cycles for the major terrestrial drainages. -
6.4 River discharge and runoff. -
7 Arctic ocean-sea ice-climate interactions. -
7.1 Sea ice formation, growth and melt. -
7.2 Mean circulation, ice zones and concentration. -
7.3 Sea ice motion. -
7.4 Examples of large-scale ocean-sea ice-climate interactions. -
7.5 The Fram Strait outflow and the thermohaline circulation. -
8 Climate regimes of the Arctic. -
8.1 The Greenland Ice Sheet. -
8.2 Polar desert. -
8.3 Maritime Arctic. -
8.4 Central Arctic Ocean. -
8.5 Mountains and uplands. -
8.6 Urban modifications of local climate. -
9 Modeling the Arctic climate system. -
9.1 General model types. -
9.2 Single-column models. -
9.3 Land surface models. -
9.4 Sea ice and ice-ocean models. -
9.5 Global climate models. -
9.6 Regional climate models. -
9.7 Numerical weather prediction models. -
9.8 Ecosystem models. -
9.9 Summary of model errors. -
10 Arctic paleoclimates. -
10.1 The distant past. -
10.2 Paleoclimate records for the Quaternary. -
10.3 Features of the Quaternary. -
10.4 Rapid climate shifts. -
10.5 Regional aspects of the LGM. -
10.6 Deglaciation. -
10.7 The Holocene. -
11 Recent climate variability, trends and the future. -
11.1 Setting the stage. -
11.2 Summary of observed variability and change. -
11.3 The NAO and AO. -
11.4 The NAO/AO framework: merits and shortcomings. -
11.5 Related multiyear climate variability. -
11.6 The future. -
References. -
List of selected websites. -
Index.
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