Physically-based modelling and simulation of climate and climatic change :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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part 1
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by M.E. Schlesinger.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht ; Boston
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Kluwer Academic Pub.
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(xxiv, 624 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
NATO ASI series., Series C,, Mathematical and physical sciences ;, 243.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I - Design and Development of Physically-Based Models of the Atmosphere.- Section 1 - Introduction.- Climate and the Climate System.- Atmospheric General Circulation Models: Their Design and Use for Climate Studies.- Section 2 - Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Dynamics.- Finite-Difference Methods in Climate Modeling.- Spectral Methods in Global Climate and Weather Prediction Models.- Section 3 - Parameterization of Subgrid-Scale Physical Processes.- Radiative Transfer in Climate Models.- Land Surface Processes.- A Brief Description of the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB).- Parameterization of the Planetary Boundary Layer in Large-Scale Atmospheric Models.- Parameterization of Cumulus Convection in Large-Scale Models.- Parameterization of Condensation and Associated Clouds in Models for Weather Prediction and General Circulation Simulation.- II - Design and Development of Physically-Based Models of the Ocean and Sea Ice.- Modelling and Simulation of the General Circulation of the Ocean.- Modelling Sea Ice Thermodynamics and Dynamics in Climate Studies.- III - Methods of Coupling Atmosphere, Ocean and Ice Models.- Efficient Methods for Finding the Equilibrium Climate of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models.- Some Problems in the Numerical Simulation of Climate Variability Using High-Resolution Coupled Models.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Italy, May 11-23, 1986