Dynamics and predictability of large-scale high-impact weather and climate events / edited by Jianping Li, Beijing Normal University, Richard Swinbank, Met Office, Richard Grotjahn, University of California, Davis, Hans Volkert, Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV (DLR).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Jianping (Meteorology professor), editor.

Swinbank, Richard, editor.

Grotjahn, Richard, editor.

Volkert, Hans, editor.

Series:

Special publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics series ; 2.

Special publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Severe storms--Forecasting.

Severe storms.

Weather forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Dynamics & Predictability of Large-Scale, High-Impact Weather & Climate Events

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based largely on an International Commission on Dynamical Meteorology (ICDM) workshop, this timely volume, written by leading researchers in the field, covers a range of important research issues related to high-impact weather and extreme climate events. Dynamical linkages between these extremes and various atmospheric and ocean phenomena are examined, including Atlantic Multidecadal, North Atlantic, and Madden-Julian Oscillations; Annular Modes; tropical cyclones; and Asian monsoons. This book also examines the predictability of high-impact weather and extreme climate events on multiple time scales. Highlighting recent research and new advances in the field, this book enhances understanding of dynamical and physical processes associated with these events to help managers and policy makers make informed decisions to manage risk and prevent or mitigate disasters. It also provides guidance on future research directions in atmospheric science, meteorology, climate science, and weather forecasting, for experts and young scientists.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title ; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; List of contributors ; Part I Diagnostics and prediction of high-impact weather ; Part II High-impact weather in mid latitudes ; Part III Tropical cyclones

Part IV Heat waves and cold-air outbreaks Part V Ocean connections ; Part VI Asian monsoons ; Index ; Color plates ; 1 Global prediction of high-impact weather: diagnosis and performance ; 2 Severe weather diagnosis from the perspective of generalized slantwise vorticity development

3 Probabilistic extreme event attribution 4 Observed and projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes ; 5 Rossby wave breaking: climatology, interaction with low-frequency climate variability, and links to extreme weather events

6 The influence of jet stream regime on extreme weather events 7 Forecasting high-impact weather using ensemble prediction systems ; 8 Storm tracks, blocking, and climate change: a review

9 The North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations: climate variability, extremes, and stratosphere-troposphere interaction 10 Opportunities and challenges in dynamical and predictability studies of tropical cyclone events

11 Predictability of severe weather and tropical cyclones at the mesoscales

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-316-46699-X

1-316-46849-6

1-316-46874-7

1-316-46924-7

1-316-46899-2

1-316-47024-5

1-107-77554-X