Ocean Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Modeling

by Boris A. Kagan, Mikhail Hazin

Overview

This book aims to acquaint readers with the recent advances in experimental and theoretical investigations of ocean-atmosphere interactions, a rapidly developing field in earth sciences. Particular attention is paid to the scope and perspectives for satellite measurements and mathematical modeling. Current approaches to the construction of coupled ocean-atmosphere models (from the simplest one-dimensional to comprehensive three-dimensional ones) for the solution of key problems in climate theory are discussed in detail. Field measurements and the results of numerical climate simulations are presented and help to explain climate variability that arises from various natural and anthropogenic factors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521025935
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2006
Series:	Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.65(w) x 9.65(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Preliminary information; 2. Present state of the climatic system; 3. Small-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction; 4. Mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interaction; 5. Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction; 6. Response of the ocean-atmosphere system to external forcing; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...this book will be a valuable asset to climate modelers and to serious graduate students of this controversial arena." Elmar R. Reiter, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

"I recommend that a library possess this book...since there is no other book on the subject." Edward S. Sarachik, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"This book should prove valuable to graduate students, and interesting to specialists in the field." Zbigniew Sorbjan,

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