Decadal Climate Variability: Dynamics and Predictability

ISBN-13: 9783540614593 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 496 str.

David L. T. Anderson; J]rgen Willebrand; D. L. T. Anderson

Opis

Collates theoretical conceptions of the physical mechanisms of climate change with observational evidence of these changes. Topics covered in the text include observed climate variability, predictability of the atmosphere and oceans from days to decades, and oceanic circulation in climate change.

Spis treści

Observed Climatic Variability: Time Dependence.- Observed Climatic Variability: Spatial Structure.- Predictability of the Atmosphere and Oceans: From Days to Decades.- Mechanisms for Decadal-to-Centennial Climate Variability.- Long-Term Coordinated Changes in the Convective Activity of the North Atlantic.- A Mechanism for Decadal Climate Variability.- The Climate Response to the Changing Greenhouse Gas Concentration in the Atmosphere.- Analysis of Thermohaline Feedbacks.- An Overview of Century Time-Scale Variability in the Climate System: Observations and Models.- Steady States and Variability in Oceanic Zonal Flows.- Spectral Methods: What They Can and Cannot Do for Climatic Time Series.- List of Participants.