Modern Climatology

Wang, Shih-Yu (Simon); Gillies, Robert

Modern Climatology

Edited by Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang and Robert Gillies

Abstract: Climatology, the study of climate, is no longer regarded as a single discipline that treats climate as something that fluctuates only within the unchanging boundaries described by historical statistics. The field has recognized that climate is something that changes continually under the influence of physical and biological forces and so, cannot be understood in isolation but rather, is one that includes diverse scientific disciplines that play their role in understanding a highly complex coupled "whole system" that is the earth's climate. The modern era of climatology is echoed in this book. On the one hand it offers a broad synoptic perspective but also considers the regional standpoint, as it is this that affects what people need from climatology. Aspects on the topic of climate change - what is often considered a contradiction in terms - is also addressed. It is all too evident these days that what recent work in climatology has revealed carries profound implications for economic and social policy; it is with these in mind that the final chapters consider acumens as to the application of what has been learned to date.

JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-953-51-0095-9
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Chapters in this book:

Cenozoic Climatic Record for Monsoonal Rainfall over the Indian Region: Mohan Kuppusamy and Prosenjit Ghosh
Characteristics of the Quasi-16 Day Wave in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT): A Review Over an Equatorial Station Thumba (8.5oN, 76.5oE): Siddarth Shankar Shankar Das
Climate Change: Is It More Predictable Than We Think?: Rafail Abramov
Climatology of the Northern-Central Adriatic Sea: Aniello Russo, Sandro Carniel, Maja Krzelj and Mauro Sclavo
Climatology of the U.S. Inter-Mountain West: Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang and Robert Gillies
Indian Monsoon Depression: Climatology and Variability: Jin-Ho Yoon and Wan-Ru (Judy) Huang
On the Relationship Between Boundary Layer Convergence and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning: Michael Gauthier
Paleotempestology: Reconstructing Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Pre-HURDAT Era: Jill S. M. Coleman and Steven Lavoie
Rainfall Prediction Using Teleconnection Patterns Through the Application of Artificial Neural Networks: Gholamabbas Fallah-Ghalhari
Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Climatology: Yuriy Kuleshov
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea over the Past 141 Years: Daji Huang
Synthesizing High-Resolution Climatological Wind Fields with a Mesoscale Atmospheric Boundary Layer Model Forced with Local Weather Observations: Guillermo Berri
The South American Monsoon System: Climatology and Variability: Vernon Kousky and Viviane B. S. Silva
Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia: Yuriy Kuleshov

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