Parameterization Of Atmospheric Convection (In 2 Volumes) Hardback
Edited by Robert S (Univ Of Reading, Uk) Plant, Jun-ichi (Meteo France, France) Yano
Part of the Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology series
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Description
Precipitating atmospheric convection is fundamental to the Earth's weather and climate.
It plays a leading role in the heat, moisture and momentum budgets.
Appropriate modelling of convection is thus a prerequisite for reliable numerical weather prediction and climate modelling.
The current standard approach is to represent it by subgrid-scale convection parameterization.Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection provides, for the first time, a comprehensive presentation of this important topic.
The two-volume set equips readers with a firm grasp of the wide range of important issues, and thorough coverage is given of both the theoretical and practical aspects.
This makes the parameterization problem accessible to a wider range of scientists than before.
At the same time, by providing a solid bottom-up presentation of convection parameterization, this set is the definitive reference point for atmospheric scientists and modellers working on such problems.Volume 1 of this two-volume set focuses on the basic principles: introductions to atmospheric convection and tropical dynamics, explanations and discussions of key parameterization concepts, and a thorough and critical exploration of the mass-flux parameterization framework, which underlies the methods currently used in almost all operational models and at major climate modelling centres.
Volume 2 focuses on the practice, which also leads to some more advanced fundamental issues.
It includes: perspectives on operational implementations and model performance, tailored verification approaches, the role and representation of cloud microphysics, alternative parameterization approaches, stochasticity, criticality, and symmetry constraints.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:1172 pages
- Publisher:Imperial College Press
- Publication Date:16/10/2015
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- ISBN:9781783266906
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:1172 pages
- Publisher:Imperial College Press
- Publication Date:16/10/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781783266906