The Global Climate System: Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections 全球气候体系：模式、过程与远程并置对比

Over the last 20 years, developments in climatology have provided an amazing array of explanations for the pattern of world climates. This textbook examines the earth's climate systems in light of this incredible growth in data availability, data retrieval systems, and satellite and computer applications. It considers regional climate anomalies, developments in teleconnections, unusual sequences of recent climate change, and human impacts upon the climate system. The physical climate forms the main part of the book, but it also considers social and economic aspects of the global climate system. This textbook has been derived from the authors' extensive experience of teaching climatology and atmospheric science. Each chapter contains an essay by a specialist in the field to enhance the understanding of selected topics. An extensive bibliography is included and lists of web sites for further study. This textbook will be invaluable to advanced students of climatology and atmospheric science.

Howard A. Bridgman is a conjoint professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia.

List of contributors
Preface
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 The climate system
1.2 Patterns, processes, and teleconnections
1.3 ESSAY: Problem climates or problem societies? (Glantz)
1.4 Examples of general climate websites
1.5 References
2 Oscillations and teleconnections
2.1 History and definitions
2.2 The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
2.3 The North Pacific Oscillation (NPO)/Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
2.4 The Pacific North American Oscillation (PNA)
2.5 The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
2.6 The Quasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO)
2.7 The Arctic Oscillation (AOI and the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO)
2.8 ESSAY: ENSO and related teleconnections (Allan)
2.9 Examples of oscillations and teleconnections websites
2.10 References
3 Tropical climates
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The climate controls
3.3 ESSAY: The Quasi-biennial Oscillation and tropical climate variations (Cerveny)
3.4 Human activities and problem climates in the tropics
3.5 ESSAY: Remote sensing of Amazonia deforestation and vegetation regrowth: inputs to climate change research(Mausel, Lu and Dias)
3.6 Chapter summary
3.7 Examples of tropical climates websites
3.8 References
4 Middle-latitude climates
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Data availability
4.3 ESSAY: Reanalysis (Giles)
4.4 Using reanalysis
4.5 The Northern Hemisphere
4.6 Mid-latitude circulation and teleconnections in the Southern Hemisphere
4.7 Chapter summary
4.8 Examples of mid-latitude websites
4.9 References
5 Climate of the polar realms
5.1 Introduction (Wendler)
5.2 ESSAY: Antarctic climate (Wendler)
5.3 Upper air circulation and wind
5.4 Surface pressure variations
5.5 Cyclogenesis and cyclonicity
5.6 Antarctic climate and ENSO
5.7 Polar night jet and stratospheric ozone depletion
5.8 ESSAY: Arctic Climate (Wendler)
5.9 Arctic general circulation
5.10 Surface pressure and wind
5.11 Extra-tropical cyclones
5.12 Polar night jet and stratospheric ozone depeletion
5.13 Concerns about future warming
5.14 Chapter summary
5.15 Examples of polar websites
5.16 References
6 Post-glacial climatic change and variability
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Determining past climate through the use of proxies
6.3 ESSAY: Post-glacial climates in the Northern Hemisphere (Zielinski)
6.4 Southern Hemisphere climate reconstructions
6.5 Chapter summary
6.6 Examples of paleoclimate websites
6.7 References
7 Urban impacts on climate
8 Human response to climate change
9 ESSAY:Model interpretation of climate signals:an application to Asian monsoon climate(Lau)
10 Conclusions and the future of climate research
Other books on climatology and the climate system
Index
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