Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System

• Main Authors: Lau, William K. M. (Author), Waliser, Duane E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books, Environmental Sciences
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Space sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

As the first comprehensive and authoritative review of intra-seasonal variability (ISV), this multi-author work balances coverage of observation, theory and modeling and provides a single source of reference for all those interested in this important, multi-faceted natural phenomenon and its relatio...

Table of Contents:

• Historical perspective
• South Asian monsoon
• East Asian monsoon
• Pan-America
• Australian-Indonesian monsoon
• The oceans
• Air-sea interaction
• Mass, momentum, and geodynamics
• El Niño Southern Oscillation connection
• Theory
• Modeling
• Predictability and forecasting.