Clouds and Climate: Climate Science's Greatest Challenge

ISBN-13: 9781107061071 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 418 str.

A. Pier Siebesma;Sandrine Bony; Victoria) Christian Jakob (Monash University

Opis

A comprehensive overview of research on clouds and their role in our present and future climate, covering theoretical, observational, and modelling perspectives. Containing end-of-chapter exercises and further reading sections, it is ideal for advanced students and researchers in climatology, atmospheric science, meteorology and climate change.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Cloudy perspectives Louise Nuijens and Christian Jakob; Part I. Cloud Fundamentals: 2. Clouds as fluids Bjorn Stevens and A. Pier Siebesma; 3. Clouds as particles Hanna Pawlowska and Ben Shipway; 4. Clouds as light Robert Pincus and Hélène Chepfer; Part II. Clouds and Modelling: 5. Conceptualising clouds Stephan de Roode and Roel Neggers; 6. Parameterising clouds A. Pier Siebesma and Axel Seifert; 7. Evaluating clouds Christian Jakob and Jean-Louis Dufresne; Part III. Clouds and Circulation: 8. Tropical and subtropical cloud systems Gilles Bellon and Sandrine Bony; 9. Midlatitude cloud systems George Tselioudis and Kevin Grise; 10. Arctic cloud systems Gunilla Svensson and Thorsten Mauritsen; Part IV. Cloud Perturbations: 11. Clouds and aerosols Johannes Quaas and Ulrike Lohmann; 12. Clouds and land Cathy Hohenegger and Christoph Schär; 13. Clouds and warming Sandrine Bony and Bjorn Stevens; References; Index.