Jet Stream: A Journey Through our Changing Climate

by Tim Woollings

Overview

This book offers a general introduction to the jet stream, and examines how it affects much of the weather across the northern hemisphere. The science is built up as we follow a journey along the jet stream, providing structure and an element of a travelogue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198828518
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	667,058
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Tim Woollings, Associate Professor, Physical Climate Science, University of Oxford

Tim Woollings, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford

Tim Woollings obtained his PhD in Meteorology in 2005 and since then has worked on a variety of topics spanning weather prediction, atmospheric dynamics and circulation, and the effects of climate change. He has studied how the jet stream varies over weeks, years, and decades, and how we can better predict these changes. He has been a contributing author on three chapters of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Tim has worked at the University of Reading as a postdoc, research fellow and then lecturer before moving to the University of Oxford in 2013. He is now an Associate Professor in Physical Climate Science, leading a team of researchers in the Atmospheric Dynamics group. He teachers various courses on the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics and atmospheric circulation.

Table of Contents

1. Launch2. Trades3. Spin4. Contrasts5. Waves6. Storm7. Tracks8. Experiments9. Nino10. Mountains11. Gulf12. Split13. Drivers14. Exit15. Future16. Changes17. Confession

Editorial Reviews

"Woollings suggests that the extreme weather events that have afflicted the northern hemisphere in recent years are connected to the behaviour of the jet stream. He outlines what we know about the jet stream and how it is affecting the planet's climate." — Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

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