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Modeling the Earth's Climate and its Variability
1st Edition, Volume 67 - December 13, 1999
Authors: W.R. Holland, S. Joussaume, F. David
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780444503381
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Understanding and predicting the Earth's climate system, particularly climate variability and possible human-induced climate change, presents one of the most difficult and urgent…Read more
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Understanding and predicting the Earth's climate system, particularly climate variability and possible human-induced climate change, presents one of the most difficult and urgent challenges in science. Climate scientists worldwide have responded to that challenge over the past decade by creating a wide variety of ever more sophisticated climate models that are beginning to show considerable ability to replicate many aspects of the climate system. At the same time, to fully understand climate change, one also has to look to past climates. For this purpose five eminent scholars who span the disciplines of modeling and observation, including elements of past, present and future climate studies came together at this Les Houches school. They presented a systematic development of each of their respective subjects which provided a comprehensive overview of this vast and complex subject. These core lectures were supplemented by a set of shorter lectures and of seminars.
Preface. Courses. 1. The observed climate of the 20th century (E.M. Rasmusson, M. Chelliah, C.F. Ropelewski). 2. Numerical modelling of the earth's climate (L. Bengtsson). 3. Ocean modelling and the role of the ocean in the climate system (P. Delecluse, G. Madec). 4. Past climatic changes (J.-C. Duplessy). 5. Paleomyths I have known (T.J. Crowley). Specialized Courses. Seminar 1. Climate variability of a coupled ocean-atmosphere-land surface model: implication for the detection of global warming (S. Manage, R.J. Stouffer). 6. Variability of the oceanic thermohaline circulation (W.R. Holland, A. Capotondi). 7. Modeling extreme climates of the past 20,000 years with general circulation models (S. Joussaume). Seminars by participants.
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 67
Published: December 13, 1999
Imprint: North Holland
Hardback ISBN: 9780444503381
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W.R. Holland
Affiliations and expertise
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA