An Introduction To Three-Dimensional Climate Modeling Second Ed
This book provides an introduction to the development and use of three-dimensional climate models, including four of their major components: atmosphere, ocean, land/vegetation, and sea ice. This new edition, appropriate for scientists, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates, has been considerably updated to include descriptions of many results and additional numerical techniques developed since the mid-1980s.
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Most descriptions of climatic modeling assume readers to have a great deal of previous knowledge about atmospheric or ocean dynamics, but Washington (US National Center for Atmospheric Research) and Parkinson (US National Aeronautics and Space Administration) address readers in the atmospheric science, geography, geology, hydrology, oceanography, and ecology who may be only vaguely aware of climate models. They explain what the models are attempting to simulate, how they are constructed, what they have succeeded in simulating, and how they are being used for evaluation and prediction. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ch. 1Introduction and historical development1Ch. 2Physical description of the climate system7Ch. 3Basic model equations49Ch. 4Basic methods of solving model equations149Ch. 5Examples of simulations of present-day climate193Ch. 6Climate sensitivity experiments223Ch. 7Outlook for future developments263
