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Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans / / Peter J. Webster
| Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans / / Peter J. Webster |
| Autore | Webster Peter J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 501 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 551.50913 |
| Collana | Advancing weather and climate science |
| Soggetto topico |
Tropical meteorology
Climatology |
| ISBN |
1-118-64845-5
1-118-64843-9 1-118-64846-3 |
| Classificazione |
451.8
551.6913 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | und |
| Nota di contenuto | Climatology 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 |
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Webster Peter J.
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 | ||
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Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans / / Peter J. Webster
| Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere and oceans / / Peter J. Webster |
| Autore | Webster Peter J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 501 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 551.50913 |
| Collana | Advancing weather and climate science |
| Soggetto topico |
Tropical meteorology
Climatology |
| ISBN |
1-118-64845-5
1-118-64843-9 1-118-64846-3 |
| Classificazione |
451.8
551.6913 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | und |
| Nota di contenuto | Climatology 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910840677803321 |
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Webster Peter J.
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 | ||
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An introduction to the meteorology and climate of the tropics / / J F P Galvin
| An introduction to the meteorology and climate of the tropics / / J F P Galvin |
| Autore | Galvin Jim (J. F. P.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (488 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.50913 |
| Soggetto topico | Tropical meteorology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78785-114-1
1-119-08624-8 1-119-08623-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460589303321 |
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Galvin Jim (J. F. P.)
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr
| Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr |
| Autore | Pinto Osmar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.56/320913 |
| Collana | Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series |
| Soggetto topico |
Lightning - Tropics
Global warming |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61728-531-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460046603321 |
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Pinto Osmar
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| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr
| Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr |
| Autore | Pinto Osmar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.56/320913 |
| Collana | Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series |
| Soggetto topico |
Lightning - Tropics
Global warming |
| ISBN | 1-61728-531-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785288203321 |
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Pinto Osmar
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| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr
| Lightning in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / / Osmar Pinto, Jr |
| Autore | Pinto Osmar |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.56/320913 |
| Collana | Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series |
| Soggetto topico |
Lightning - Tropics
Global warming |
| ISBN | 1-61728-531-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- LIGHTNING IN THE TROPICS: FROM ASOURCE OF FIRE TO A MONITORINGSYSTEM OF CLIMATIC CHANGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. TYPES OF LIGHTNING -- 1.2. LIGHTNING OCCURRENCE ON EARTH -- BASIC CONCEPTS -- 2.1. GROUND LIGHTNING -- 2.2. CLOUD LIGHTNING -- SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS -- 3.1. OPTICAL SENSORS -- 3.2. OBSERVATIONS -- OBSERVATIONS BY LIGHTNINGLOCATION SYSTEMS -- 4.1. LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUES -- 4.2. LLS IN THE TROPICAL REGION -- 4.3. DETECTION EFFICIENCY MODELS FOR LLS -- 4.4. OBSERVATIONS -- 4.4.1. Flash Density -- 4.4.2. Peak Current -- 4.4.3. Multiplicity -- 4.4.4. Comparison with Total Lightning Observations by Satellites -- 4.4.5. Comparison with LLS Observations in the Temperate Region -- OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER TECHNIQUES -- 5.1. MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELD SINGLE DEVICES -- 5.2. HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS -- 5.3. ROCKET-AND-WIRE -- 5.4. VLF MEASUREMENTS -- LIGHTNING AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGES AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.2. LIGHTNING CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.3. LIGHTNING RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING -- FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827241803321 |
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Pinto Osmar
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| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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Quaternary environmental change in the tropics / / edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash
| Quaternary environmental change in the tropics / / edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (450 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.6913 |
| Collana | Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoclimatology - Tropics
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary |
| ISBN |
9786613905666
1-283-59321-1 1-118-33631-3 1-118-33616-X 1-118-33617-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; I: Global contexts; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; 1.1 Why the tropics matter; 1.1.1 Defining the tropics; 1.1.2 Importance of the tropics; 1.2 Development of ideas; 1.2.1 Early ideas about tropical environmental change; 1.2.2 The twentieth century revolution; 1.2.3 Advances in modelling; 1.3 Establishment of the tropical climate system; 1.4 Drivers of tropical environmental change; 1.5 The tropics as drivers of change; 1.5.1 The tropics and greenhouse gas concentrations
1.5.2 Impacts of low latitude volcanic eruptions1.5.3 Dust emissions from the tropics and subtropics; 1.6 Extra-tropical forcing; 1.7 Organisation of the volume; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 2: Contemporary climate and circulation of the tropics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Diurnal and local processes; 2.3 Planetary context; 2.4 Regional circulation systems; 2.4.1 Jet streams; 2.4.2 Subtropical highs and trade winds; 2.4.3 Equatorial trough zone; 2.4.4 Monsoons; 2.4.5 Equatorial zonal circulations; 2.5 Climatic variability; 2.5.1 Southern Oscillation and El Nino; 2.5.2 Indian Monsoon 2.5.3 Northeast Brazil2.5.4 Sahel; 2.5.5 Timescales of variability; 2.6 Concluding remarks; References; II: Regional environmental change; CHAPTER 3: Tropical oceans; 3.1 Tropical oceans in the global climate system; 3.1.1 Modern climatology; 3.1.2 El Nino-Southern Oscillation and its relatives; 3.1.3 Solar and volcanic radiative forcing of tropical oceans; 3.1.4 Tropical oceans and monsoons; 3.1.5 The tropical oceans as part of the global conveyor belt; 3.2 Reconstructing past ocean conditions; 3.2.1 Proxies for SST and SSS; 3.2.2 Reconstructing continental climate using marine archives 3.3 Tropical oceans throughout the Quaternary3.3.1 Glacial-interglacial cycles; 3.3.2 Early Quaternary (the '41-kyr world'); 3.3.3 Mid-Pleistocene Transition; 3.3.4 Late Quaternary (the '100-kyr world'); 3.4 The past 20 000 years; 3.4.1 The Last Glacial Maximum; 3.4.2 Glacial termination: an active role for the tropics?; 3.4.3 History of the equatorial Pacific and the state of ENSO; 3.4.4 The Holocene; 3.5 Outlook; References; CHAPTER 4: Africa; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Potential climate forcing factors; 4.3 Mediterranean North Africa 4.3.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information4.3.2 Longer records; 4.3.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.3.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.3.5 The Holocene; 4.4 The Sahara and the Sahel; 4.4.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.4.2 Longer records; 4.4.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.4.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.4.5 The Holocene; 4.5 Equatorial Africa; 4.5.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.5.2 Longer records; 4.5.3 The Last Glacial Maximum 4.5.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141411403321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quaternary environmental change in the tropics / / edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash
| Quaternary environmental change in the tropics / / edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (450 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.6913 |
| Collana | Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoclimatology - Tropics
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary |
| ISBN |
9786613905666
1-283-59321-1 1-118-33631-3 1-118-33616-X 1-118-33617-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; I: Global contexts; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; 1.1 Why the tropics matter; 1.1.1 Defining the tropics; 1.1.2 Importance of the tropics; 1.2 Development of ideas; 1.2.1 Early ideas about tropical environmental change; 1.2.2 The twentieth century revolution; 1.2.3 Advances in modelling; 1.3 Establishment of the tropical climate system; 1.4 Drivers of tropical environmental change; 1.5 The tropics as drivers of change; 1.5.1 The tropics and greenhouse gas concentrations
1.5.2 Impacts of low latitude volcanic eruptions1.5.3 Dust emissions from the tropics and subtropics; 1.6 Extra-tropical forcing; 1.7 Organisation of the volume; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 2: Contemporary climate and circulation of the tropics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Diurnal and local processes; 2.3 Planetary context; 2.4 Regional circulation systems; 2.4.1 Jet streams; 2.4.2 Subtropical highs and trade winds; 2.4.3 Equatorial trough zone; 2.4.4 Monsoons; 2.4.5 Equatorial zonal circulations; 2.5 Climatic variability; 2.5.1 Southern Oscillation and El Nino; 2.5.2 Indian Monsoon 2.5.3 Northeast Brazil2.5.4 Sahel; 2.5.5 Timescales of variability; 2.6 Concluding remarks; References; II: Regional environmental change; CHAPTER 3: Tropical oceans; 3.1 Tropical oceans in the global climate system; 3.1.1 Modern climatology; 3.1.2 El Nino-Southern Oscillation and its relatives; 3.1.3 Solar and volcanic radiative forcing of tropical oceans; 3.1.4 Tropical oceans and monsoons; 3.1.5 The tropical oceans as part of the global conveyor belt; 3.2 Reconstructing past ocean conditions; 3.2.1 Proxies for SST and SSS; 3.2.2 Reconstructing continental climate using marine archives 3.3 Tropical oceans throughout the Quaternary3.3.1 Glacial-interglacial cycles; 3.3.2 Early Quaternary (the '41-kyr world'); 3.3.3 Mid-Pleistocene Transition; 3.3.4 Late Quaternary (the '100-kyr world'); 3.4 The past 20 000 years; 3.4.1 The Last Glacial Maximum; 3.4.2 Glacial termination: an active role for the tropics?; 3.4.3 History of the equatorial Pacific and the state of ENSO; 3.4.4 The Holocene; 3.5 Outlook; References; CHAPTER 4: Africa; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Potential climate forcing factors; 4.3 Mediterranean North Africa 4.3.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information4.3.2 Longer records; 4.3.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.3.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.3.5 The Holocene; 4.4 The Sahara and the Sahel; 4.4.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.4.2 Longer records; 4.4.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.4.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.4.5 The Holocene; 4.5 Equatorial Africa; 4.5.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.5.2 Longer records; 4.5.3 The Last Glacial Maximum 4.5.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827689103321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tropical extremes : natural variability and trends / / edited by Venugopal Vuruputur [and three others]
| Tropical extremes : natural variability and trends / / edited by Venugopal Vuruputur [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.450973 |
| Soggetto topico | Climatic extremes - United States - Forecasting |
| ISBN | 0-12-809257-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A global atlas of tropical precipitation extremes / Brian C. Matilla and Brian E. Mapes -- South Asian monsoon extremes / B.N. Goswami, V. Venugopal and R. Chattopadhyay -- South American monsoon and its extremes / Alice M. Grimm -- Precipitation extremes in the West African Sahel : recent evolution and physical mechanisms / Théo Vischel, Gérémy Panthou, Philippe Peyrillé, Romain Roehrig, Guillaume Quantin, Thierry Lebel, Catherine Wilcox, Florent Beucher and Maria Budiarti -- Evaluating large-scale variability and change in tropical rainfall and its extremes / Richard P. Allan and Chunlei Liu -- Extreme El Niño events / Boris Dewitte and Ken Takahashi -- Hotspots of relative sea level rise in the tropics / Mélanie Becker, Mikhail Karpytchev and Fabrice Papa -- Exploring tropical variability and extremes impacts on population vulnerability in Piura, Peru : the case of the 1997-98 El Niño / Ivan J. Ramírez -- Tropics as tempest / Bjorn Stevens, Gabor Drotos, Tobias Becker and Thorsten Mauritsen. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583094103321 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , [2019] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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