Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change

Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change presents the patterns, mechanisms, and predictability of climate variability and anthropogenic climate change. Based on a graduate course the author has taught over 25 years, this book provides the physical foundation for those who are interested in fundamental questions such as: why climate varies from one year to another; how predictable climate is; and how climate will change in the face of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This is the first comprehensive and systematic treatment of this subject that simultaneously draws on the latest research and is accessible for graduate students.Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change takes a gradual step-by-step and systematic approach to coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions. This allows a wide range of comparative views: climate modes among and across different tropical ocean basins, ocean feedback on the atmosphere in vs. out of the tropics, and spontaneous internal oscillation vs. externally forced climate change. Such comparative views offer unprecedented insights into the dynamics of climate variability and predictability. This book can be used as supplementary reading for advanced undergraduate students and for coursework in climate dynamics/modeling, climate variability and change. The book discusses latest research and can be used as a reference book and research monograph for researchers in ocean/atmospheric/climate/earth system sciences. The first authored textbook on ocean-atmosphere interactions that give rise to climate variability/predictability and shape regional patterns of anthropogenic climate change Contains historical accounts of major breakthroughs in the field Includes homework questions, helping to reinforce key concepts and applications INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Energy balance and transport3. Tropical convection and planetary-scale circulation4. The Madden-Julian Oscillation5. Summer monsoons6. Subtropical climate: Trade winds and low clouds7. Equatorial Oceanography 8. Coupled feedbacks and structures of tropical climatology9. El Nino/Southern Oscillation and the global influence10. Tropical Atlantic Variability11. Indian Ocean variability12. Extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions and the influence on the tropics13. Global warming: Thermodynamic effects14. Dynamics of Regional climate change

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95490-7
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés