Physically-Based Modelling and Simulation of Climate and Climatic Change (Two Volume Set)

This book Contains 26 chapters within its two volumes.Each volume is divided into there parts. Volume I contains”Design and Development of physically – Based Models of the Atmosphere,” Design and Development of physically – Based Models of the Ocean and Sea Ice ,” and “Methods of Coupling Atmosphere, Ocean and Ice Models.”Volume II Contains “ Design, Development and Application of Simplified Climate Models,” “Validation of Climate Models,” and “Application of General Circulation Climate Models.” Twenty – four of the chapters are based on the lectures presented the ASI. Each of these chapters is followed by the discussion which ensued following the lecture. The remaining two chapters were solicited after the ASI to increase the completeness of this book

Foreword
Preface
List of Lecturers
List of Participants
Volume I
Part I – Design and development of physically – Based models
Section 1 Introduction
Climate and the Climate System
Atmospheric General circulation models: their design and use for climate studies
Section 2 Numerical Methods for Large – Scale Dynamics
Finite – difference methods in climate modeling
Spectral methods in global climate and weather prediction models
Section 3 Parameterization of subgrid – scale physical processes
Radiative Transfer in climate models
Land surface processes
A brief description of the simple biosphere model
Parameterization of the planetary boundary layer in large – scale atmospheric models
Parameterization of cumulus convection in large – scale models
Parameterization of condensation and associated clouds in models for weather prediction and general circulation simulation
Part II- Design and development of physically – based models of the ocean and sea ice
Modelling and simulation of the general circulation of the ovean
Modelling sea ic thermodynamics and dynamics in climate studies
Part III Methods of coupling atmosphere, ocean and ice models
Efficient methods for finding the equilibrium climate of coupled ocean- atmosphere models
Some problems in the numerical simulation of climate variability usting high – resolution coupled models
Index

Volume II
Part IV – Design , development and application of simplified climate models
Lessons from energy balance models
Quantitative analysis of feedbacks in climate model simulations of CO2 – Induced warming
Modelling the slow climatic attractor
Design and use of zonally-averaged climate models
Part V – Validation of climate models
Climate observations and diagnostics
Validation of general circulation climate models
Part VI – Application of general circulation climate models
Paleoclimate modeling
Ocean Circulation in Warm and cold climate
Predictability of el nino
Predictability of Tim – averaged Atmospheric states
Simulation of climate change due to increased atmospheric co2
On the relationship between computer technology and climate modeling