From Observations to Simulations : a Conceptual Introduction to Weather and Climate Modelling.

From Observations to Simulations leads us on a fascinating journey through the methods used for the scientific analysis of complex systems such as the atmosphere and the Earth system: from meteorology and climatology, as observational sciences, to the development of models and the use of computes as...

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Other Authors: Pasini, Antonello (Editor), Sofri, Francesca (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: World Scientific 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Meteorological and Climatic Observations
  • 2.1 The "State" of the Weather
  • 2.2 A Definition of Climate
  • 2.3 An Overview of Meteorological and Climatic Observations
  • 2.4 Conventional Observations
  • 2.5 Satellite Observations
  • 2.6 Meteorological or Climatic Observations?
  • 2.7 Proxy Data
  • 2.8 Is There Any Evidence that the Climate is Changing?
  • 3. Naive Meteorology Coincidences and Correlations
  • 3.1 Approaching an Analysis of the Data and of Common Experience
  • 3.2 A Naive Interpretation and Its Problems
  • 3.3 Coincidences and Correlations in Available Data
  • 3.4 Let Us Take Stock ofthe Situation
  • 4. The Theoretical Framework: Knowledge of Single Phenomena and Complexity of the Earth System
  • 4.1 How Can We Read the "Great Book of Nature"?
  • 4.2 The Local Approach to the Study of a System
  • 4.3 The Interaction between Radiation and Mat.