| Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection (in 2 Volumes) Contributor(s): Plant, Robert S. (Editor), Yano, Jun-Ichi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783266902 ISBN-13: 9781783266906 Publisher: Imperial College Press OUR PRICE: $400.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 551.515 |
| LCCN: 2015014333 |
| Series: The Science of Climate Change |
| Physical Information: 2.4" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (4.60 lbs) 1172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
