Ocean Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Modeling Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

First line

The climatic system (G) is the totality of the atmosphere, (A), hydrosphere (H), cryosphere (C), lithosphere (L), and biosphere (B) interacting and exchanging energy and substance with each other, that is, G = A H C L B, where by the atmosphere is meant the Earth's gas shell; by the hydrosphere - the World Ocean with all marginal and internal seas; by the cryosphere - the continental ice sheets, sea ice, and land snow cover; by the lithosphere - the active land layer and everything that is on it, including lakes, rivers and underground waters; and, finally, by the biosphere is meant the land and sea vegetation and living organisms, including human beings.

From the rear cover

This text is addressed to advanced students in oceanography, meteorology and environmental sciences as well as to professional researchers in these fields. It aims to acquaint them with the state of the art and recent advances in experimental and theoretical investigations of ocean-atmosphere interactions, a rapidly developing field in earth sciences. Particular attention is paid to the scope and perspectives for satellite measurements and mathematical modelling. Current approaches to the construction of coupled ocean-atmosphere models (from the simplest zero-dimensional to the most comprehensive three-dimensional ones) for the solution of key problems in climate theory are discussed in detail. Field measurements and the results of numerical climate simulations are presented and help to explain climate variability arising from various natural and anthropogenic factors.