Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology

ISBN-13: 9780415031165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 640 str.

Roger Barry; Andrew M. Carleton

Opis

This is a comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification.

Spis treści

List of plates Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 - The climate system and its study 1. Introduction 2. Climate data and their analysis Part 2 - Dynamic climatology 3. Global climate and the general circulation 4. Large-scale circulation and climatic characteristics 5. Global teleconnections Part 3 - Synoptic climatology 6. Synoptic systems 7. Synoptic climatology and its applications 8. Retrospect and prospect Further reading Index

O autorze

Roger G. Barry, Andrew M. Carleton