LEADER 04350nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910451409603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-91964-0 010 $a9786611919641 010 $a981-277-469-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414563 035 $a(OCoLC)560447766 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10201235 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158909 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151597 035 $a(PQKB)10427560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681188 035 $a(WSP)00005930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10201235 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL191964 035 $a(OCoLC)748531677 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414563 100 $a20060406d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom observations to simulations$b[electronic resource] $ea conceptual introduction to weather and climate modelling /$fAntonello Pasini 210 $aHackensack, New Jersey $cill.$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a981-256-475-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Meteorological and climatic observations. 2.1. The "state" of the weather. 2.2. A definition of climate. 2.3. An overview of meteorological and climatic observations. 2.4. Conventional observations. 2.5. Satellite observations. 2.6. Meteorological or climatic observations? 2.7. Proxy data. 2.8. Is there any evidence that the climate is changing? -- 3. Naive meteorology, coincidences and correlations. 3.1. Approaching an analysis of the data and of common experience. 3.2. A naive interpretation and its problems. 3.3. Coincidences and correlations in available data. 3.4. Let us take stock of the situation -- 4. The theoretical framework: knowledge of single phenomena and complexity of the earth system. 4.1. How can we read the "Great Book of Nature"? 4.2. The local approach to the study of a system. 4.3. The interaction between radiation and matter and the greenhouse effect. 4.4. Greenhouse gases, clouds and aerosols. 4.5. Approaching a complete scheme of warming from the bottom. 4.6. Nature of the ground and air warming. 4.7. An outline of oceanic and atmospheric dynamics. 4.8. Feedbacks and complexity of system -- 5. The Galilean experimental method: a digression? 5.1. Aristotelian physics of local motions and the advent of Galileo Galilei. 5.2. The Galilean "style". 5.3. A Galilean method for studying the weather and the climate? -- 6. Simulation models. 6.1. How many meanings does the word "model" have? 6.2. The simulation approach. 6.3. Conceptual novelties in the simulation method and its use -- 7. Meteorological models. 7.1. The "perception" of the weather forecasting activity. 7.2. The heart of a meteorological model: primitive equations and their numerical solutions. 7.3. Physical parameterisations. 7.4. Determination of initial state and analysis procedure. 7.5. The products of a meteorological model 7.6. The emergence of deterministic chaos and ensemble integrations. 7.7. A few conceptual remarks -- 8. Climatic models. 8.1. From weather forecasting to climate forecasting: what changes? 8.2. The concept of "attractor" and climatic simulations. 8.3. Approaching the description of a coupled and highly interacting climate system. 8.4. Experiments for validation and sensitivity testing of a climatic model. 8.5. Evolutionary validation and climatic forecasts. 8.6. Simplified models and regional-scale models. 8.7. Simulation results. 8.8. Further remarks about climate change and its study -- 9. Conclusions and prospects. 9.1. The results of climatic models and "what should we do?" 9.2. The future of models for studying the weather and climate. 606 $aMeteorology 606 $aClimatology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMeteorology. 615 0$aClimatology. 676 $a551.5 700 $aPasini$b Antonello$0150351 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451409603321 996 $aFrom observations to simulations$92217942 997 $aUNINA