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RECORD NUMBER: 838 OF 1770

Main Title Introduction to Climate Modelling [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Stocker, Thomas.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2011
Call Number QE1-996.5
ISBN 9783642007736
Subjects Geography ; Physical geography ; Meteorology ; Climatic changes
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00773-6
Collation XVIII, 182 p. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Model Hierarchy and Simplified Climate Models -- Describing Transports of Energy and Matter -- Energy Transport in the Climate System and its Parameterisation -- Initial Value and Boundary Value Problems -- Large-scale Circulation in the Ocean -- Large-scale Circulation in the Atmosphere -- Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions -- Multiple Equilibria in the Climate System -- Index. A three-tier approach is presented: (i) fundamental dynamical concepts of climate processes, (ii) their mathematical formulation based on balance equations, and (iii) the necessary numerical techniques to solve these equations. This book showcases the global energy balance of the climate system and feedback processes that determine the climate sensitivity, initial-boundary value problems, energy transport in the climate system, large-scale ocean circulation and abrupt climate change.