
Название: The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere
Автор: Tapio Schneider; Adam H. Sobel
Издательство: Princeton University Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 386
Размер: 10,41 МБ
Язык: english
Despite major advances in the observation and numerical simulation of the atmosphere, basic features of the Earth's climate remain poorly understood. Integrating the available data and computational resources to improve our understanding of the global circulation of the atmosphere remains a challenge. Theory must play a critical role in meeting this challenge. This book provides an authoritative summary of the state of the art on this front. Bringing together sixteen of the field's leading experts to address those aspects of the global circulation of the atmosphere most relevant to climate, the book brings the reader up to date on the key frontiers in general circulation theory-including the nonlinear and turbulent global-scale dynamics that determine fundamental aspects of the Earth's climate.