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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139038103321

Titolo

Climate dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : why does climate vary? / / De-Zheng Sun, Frank Bryan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : American Geophysical Union, c2010

ISBN

1-118-67039-6

1-118-67169-4

1-118-67243-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Geophysical monograph, , 0065-8448 ; ; 189

Altri autori (Persone)

BryanFrank <1958->

SunDe-Zheng <1965->

Disciplina

551.5

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Convection (Meteorology)

Dynamic meteorology

Ocean-atmosphere interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Multiscale Organization of Moist Convection and the Intersection of Weather and Climate; Monsoon Climate Variabilities; A Brief Introduction to El Niño and La Niña; A Linear Stochastic Model of Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Related to El Niño; The Diabatic and Nonlinear Aspects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Implications for Its Past and Future Behavior; El Niño-Southern Oscillation Ocean Dynamics: Simulation by Coupled General Circulation Models

Extratropical Air-Sea Interaction, Sea Surface Temperature Variability, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Tropospheric Planetary Waves and Their Low-Frequency Variability: Their Vertical Structure and Interaction With Transient Eddies and Surface Thermal Contrasts; Arctic Sea Ice and the Potential for Abrupt Loss; Global Warming and Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Western North Pacific From an Observational Perspective; AGU Category Index; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 Niño-Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the low-frequency variability of extratropical circulations. Th