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Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. William K.-M. Lau

    1. Climate and Radiation Branch, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

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  2. Duane E. Waliser

    1. Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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  • The only up-to-date comprehensive reference work on intra-seasonal variability.
  • Covers a broad range of topics, with a balance between observation, theory and modeling.
  • An invaluable reference for those involved in long range weather forecasting, climate prediction and the management of natural disasters.
  • Presents topics from a worldwide perspective, but of particular interest in the monsoon countries.
  • Updated with a new chapter on the substantial new development of ISV research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Sciences (ENVIRONSCI)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
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  2. Historical perspective

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Roland A. Madden, Paul R. Julian
    Pages 1-19

  3. South Asian monsoon

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, B. N. Goswami
    Pages 21-72

  4. Intraseasonal variability of the atmosphere–ocean–climate system: East Asian monsoon

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Huang-Hsiung Hsu
    Pages 73-110

  5. Pan America

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Kingtse C. Mo, Charles Jones, Julia Nogués Paegle
    Pages 111-145

  6. Australasian monsoon

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, M. C. Wheeler, J. L. McBride
    Pages 147-197

  7. The oceans

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, William S. Kessler
    Pages 199-246

  8. Air–sea interaction

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Harry Hendon
    Pages 247-270

  9. Mass, momentum, and geodynamics

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Benjamin F. Chao, David A. Salstein
    Pages 271-296

  10. El Niño Southern Oscillation connection

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser
    Pages 297-334

  11. Theories

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Bin Wang
    Pages 335-398

  12. Modeling intraseasonal variability

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, K. R. Sperber, J. M. Slingo, P. M. Inness
    Pages 399-431

  13. Predictability and forecasting

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Duane Waliser
    Pages 433-476

  14. Africa and West Asia

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Mathew Barlow
    Pages 477-495

  15. Tropical–extratropical interactions

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Paul E. Roundy
    Pages 497-512

  16. Oceans and air–sea interaction

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Jean Philippe Duvel
    Pages 513-536

  17. Vertical structure from recent observations

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Chidong Zhang
    Pages 537-548

  18. Multiscale theories for the MJO

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Andrew J. Majda, Samuel N. Stechmann
    Pages 549-568

  19. Chemical and biological impacts

    • William K. M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, Baijun Tian
    Pages 569-585

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 587-613
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Improving the reliability of long-range forecasts of natural disasters, such as severe weather, droughts and floods, in North America, South America, Africa and the Asian/Australasian monsoon regions is of vital importance to the livelihood of millions of people who are affected by these events. In recent years the significance of major short-term climatic variability, and events such as the El Nino/Southern Oscillation in the Pacific, with its worldwide effect on rainfall patterns, has been all to clearly demonstrated. Understanding and predicting the intra-seasonal variability (ISV) of the ocean and atmosphere is crucial to improving long range environmental forecasts and the reliability of climate change projects through climate models. In the second edition of this classic book on the subject, the authors have updated the original chapters, where appropriate, and added a new chapter that includes short subjects representing substantial new development in ISV research since the publication of the first edition.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Climate and Radiation Branch, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    William K.-M. Lau

  • Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    Duane E. Waliser

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