Atmospheric science (AS) / / editor-in-chief, Kenji Satake ; volume editor-in-chief, Chun-Chieh wu

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 550
• Soggetto topico: Atmospheric physics; Planetary meteorology; Space environment; Earth sciences; Space sciences; Planetology
• Altri autori: WuChun-Chieh SatakeKenji
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Editors; Reviewers; Preface; Preface to AS Volume; CONTENTS; Relationship between Summer Drought of Mid-Latitudes in East Asia and Tropical Cyclone Genesis Frequency in the Western North Pacific Ki-Seon Choi, Do-Woo Kim and Hi-Ryong Byun; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and Method; 3. Climatological Relationship; 4. Movement of Tropical Cyclone; 5. Influence of Large-Scale Circulation on Drought Over East Asia; 6. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Global Scenario of Radar Bright Band Sonia R. Fredrick, Rajasri Sen Jaiswal, V. S. Neela, M. Rasheed and Leena Zaveri; 1. Introduction ; 2. Data3. Results; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; Simulation of Indian Monsoon Extreme Rainfall Events During the Decadal Period of 2000-2009 Using a High Resolution Mesoscale Model Hari Prasad Dasari, Venkata Srinivas Challa, Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla and Anjaneyulu Yerramilli; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Data; 4. Results and Discussion; 4.1. Models results for the 10 year period; 4.2. Results for the strong and weak monsoon years; 4.3. Sensitivity to convective parameterization; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References ; Assimilation of One Satellite SAR Image for Flood Simulations. Method and Test Case (Mosel River) R. Hostache, X. Lai, J. Monnier and C. Puech1. Introduction; 2. Flood Description and Data Extraction; 3. Water Level Estimation Using SAR Image; 3.1. Flood extent extraction; 3.2. Preliminary water level estimation; 3.3. Final water level estimation; 4. Mathematical Model with Variational Data Assimilation (4D-var); 4.1. Mathematical model; 4.2. Preliminary forward run; 4.3. Cost function ; 5. Calibration of Spatially Distributed Manning Friction Coefficients (Land-Cover Based Spatial Distribution)Identification of Manning coefficients using synthetic data (twin experiments); Identification of Manning coefficients using real data; 6. Sensitivity Analysis and Manning Decomposition; No a priori land-use case; 7. Conclusion; References; Predictability of South Asian Monsoon Circulation in the NCEP Climate Forecast System V. Krishnamurthy and Shailendra Rai; 1. Introduction; 2. Model and Forecast Data; 3. Results; 4. Summary; Acknowledgments; References ; Investigation of Ionospheric Spatial Gradients for GAGAN Error Correction K. Ravi Chandra1. Introduction; 1.1. Introduction to GNSS; 1.2. Necessity of augmentation systems; 1.3. Evolution of SBAS; 1.4. Introduction to GAGAN; 2. Significance of Ionospheric Gradients; 3. Estimation of Ionospheric Gradients; 4. Results; 5. Conclusions; References; Pattern of Glacier Recession in Indian Himalaya Ajay Singh and Anand Patwardhan; 1. Introduction; 2. Changes in Glacier Extent; 3. Conclusions; References ; Near-Equatorial Convective Regimes Over the Indian Ocean as Revealed by Synergistic Analysis of Satellite Observations Gad Levy, Andrew Geiss and M. R. Ramesh Kumar
• Sommario/riassunto: This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects of climate change, extreme weathers on the most populated regions and fastest moving economies in the world. Besides, these volumes also highlight original papers from many prestigious research institutions which are conducting cutting edge studies in atmospheric physics, hydrological science and wate
• Titolo autorizzato: Atmospheric science (AS)
• ISBN: 1-283-43389-3; 9786613433893; 981-4355-31-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821519203321
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