Recent progress in atmospheric sciences : applications to the Asia-Pacific region / editors, K.N. Liou, M.D. Chou ; executive editor, H.-H. Hsu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liou, Kuo-Nan.

Chou, M. D. (Ming-Dah)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atmospheric physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains 22 peer-reviewed articles that cover a spectrum of contemporary subjects relevant to atmospheric sciences, with specific applications to the Asia-Pacific region. The majority of these papers consist of a review of a scientific sub-field in atmospheric sciences, while some contain original contributions. All of the accepted papers were subject to scientific reviews and revisions.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Part 1. Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology; 1. Understanding the El Ni ̃no-Southern Oscillation and Its Interactions with the Indian Ocean and Monsoon Jin-Yi Yu; 2. Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Feedbacks on the Western North Pacific-East Asian Summer Climate Chia Chou and Jien-Yi Tu; 3. Coupling of the Intraseasonal Oscillation with the Tropical Cyclone in the Western North Pacific during the 2004 Typhoon Season Huang-Hsiung Hsu, An-Kai Lo, Ching-Hui Hung, Wen-Shung Kau, Chun-Chie

4. Convective-Radiative-Mixing Processes in the Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Chung-Hsiung Sui, Xiaofan Li, William K.-M. Lau, Wei-Kuo Tao, Ming-Dah Chou and Ming-Jen Yang 5. Understanding Atmospheric Catastrophes Winston C. Chao; 6. Relative Intensity of the Pacific and Atlantic Storm Tracks in a Maximally Simplified Model Setting Mankin Mak; 7. The Role of Cumulus Heating in the Development and Evolution of Meiyu Frontal Systems George Tai-Jen Chen; 8. Advance in the Dynamics and Targeted Observations of Tropical Cyclone Movement Chun-Chieh Wu

9. Vortex Interactions and Typhoon Concentric Eyewall Formation H.-C. Kuo, L.-Y. Lin, C.-L. Tsai and Y.-L. Chen 10. Rare Typhoon Development near the Equator C.-P. Chang and Teo Suan Wong; 11. Assimilation of Satellite Ocean Surface Winds at NCEP and Their Impact on Atmospheric Analyses and Weather Forecasting Tsann-Wang Yu; 12. Purdue Atmospheric Models and Applications Wen-Yih Sun, Wu-Ron Hsu, Jiun-Dar Chern, Shu-Hua Chen, Ching-Chi Wu, Kate Jr-Shiuan Yang, Kaosan Yeh, Michael G. Bosilovich, Patrick A. Haines, Ki-Hong M; Part 2. Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry

13. Interaction between Aerosols and Clouds: Current Understanding Jen-Ping Chen, Anupam Hazra, Chein-Jung Shiu, I-Chun Tsai and Hsiang-He Lee 14. Application of Satellite-Based Surface Heat Budgets to Climate Studies of the Tropical Pacific Ocean and Eastern Indian Ocean Ming-Dah Chou, Shu-Hsien Chou and Shuk-Mei Tse; 15. Some Unsolved Problems in Atmospheric Radiative Transfer: Implication for Climate Research in the Asia-Pacific Region K. N. Liou, Y. Gu, W. L. Lee, Y. Chen and P. Yang

16. Progress in Atmospheric Vortex Structures Deduced from Single Doppler Radar Observations Wen-Chau Lee and Ben Jong-Dao Jou 17. Typhoon-Ocean Interactions Inferred by Multisensor Observations I-I Lin and Chun-Chieh Wu; 18. Outbreaks of Asian Dust Storms: An Overview from Satellite and Surface Perspectives Si-Chee Tsay; 19. An Overview of Satellite-Measured Cloud Layer Structure and Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties Fu-Lung Chang

20. Recent Advances in Research on Micro- to Storm-Scale Ice Microphysical Processes in Clouds Pao K. Wang, Hsinmu Lin, Hui-Chun Liu, Mihai Chiruta and Robert E. Schlesinger

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612441028

9781282441026

1282441027

9789812818911

981281891X

OCLC:

557658045