Ebook: Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection: (In 2 Volumes): Volume 1: Theoretical Background and Formulation: Volume 2: Current Issues and New Theories
- Genre: Geography // Meteorology; Climatology
- Tags: Науки о Земле, Метеорология и климатология, Физико-химические процессы в атмосфере. Методы измерений
- Series: Series on the Science of Climate Change
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Imperial College Press
- Language: English
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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.
Readership: Atmospheric scientists and modellers.