LEADER 03726nam 2200541z 450 001 9910829882703321 005 20231020223046.0 010 $a1-118-64845-5 010 $a1-118-64843-9 010 $a1-118-64846-3 035 $a(CKB)4330000000006689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6142584 035 $a(JP-MeL)3000111122 035 $a(NjHacI)994330000000006689 035 $a(PPN)251649172 035 $a(OCoLC)1147304337 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000006689 100 $a20220719d ||| || 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans /$fPeter J. Webster 210 $aHoboken, N.J.$cWiley Blackwell$d2020 210 1$aHoboken, N.J. :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvii, 501 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $6880-03$aAdvancing weather and climate science 300 $a"RMetS, Royal Meteorological Society" 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 471-492) and index 311 $a0-470-66256-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aClimatology of the tropical atmosphere and oceans -- Hydrological and heat exchange processes -- Fundamental dynamical processes -- Kinematics and tropical waves -- Simple models of the tropics -- Equatorial waves in simple basic states -- Waves in a longitudinally and vertically varying basic state -- Moist processes and large-scale tropical dynamics -- Extratropical influence on the tropics -- Tropical influence on extratropics : a zonally averaged perspective -- A tropical-extratropical synergy -- Dynamics of arid and desert climates -- Near-equatorial precipitation -- Large-scale, low-frequency coupled ocean-atmosphere systems -- Intraseasonal oscillations in the tropical atmosphere -- Dynamics of the large-scale monsoons -- The coupled monsoon system -- The changing tropics -- Some concluding remarks 330 $a"This brief introduction to the climatology of the tropics identifies a number of phenomena that characterize the spatial and temporal variability of the tropical climate. Planetary scale circulations include Hadley-like circulations, the more zonal Walker systems, westerly ducts, tropical upper tropospheric troughs, quasi-biennial lower stratospheric oscillations and the monsoon systems. Each of these features is "planetary" in scale and oscillates on interannual time scales. Within these slowly varying features of the tropical atmosphere and ocean, there is a myriad of circulation features with higher frequency variability. These include the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), quasi-biweekly variability, easterly waves, tropical cyclones and depressions and a high amplitude diurnal cycle. These higher frequency scales of variability are not independent and are modulated by lower frequency events such as the MJO, which, in turn, is modulated by the annual cycle and interannual variability. In subsequent chapters we will clarify the underlying mechanisms of these circulation features and their roles in weather and climate"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aAdvancing weather and climate science. 606 $6880-04/$1$aTropical meteorology 606 $6880-05/$1$aClimatology 607 $6880-06/$1$aTropics$xClimate 615 0$aTropical meteorology 615 0$aClimatology 676 $a551.50913 686 $a451.8$2njb/09 686 $a551.6913$2njb/09 700 $aWebster$b Peter J.$0301925 801 1$bJP-MeL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829882703321 996 $aDynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans$94106589 997 $aUNINA