Empirical Methods in Short-Term Climate Prediction - Huug van den Dool

Empirical Methods in Short-Term Climate Prediction

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2006
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-920278-2 (ISBN)
158,95 inkl. MwSt
This clear, accessible text describes the methods and advances in short-term climate prediction at time scales of 2 weeks to a year. With an emphasis on the prediction methods themselves and the use of observations, the text is ideal for students and researchers in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Geoscience, Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.
This clear and accessible text describes the methods underlying short-term climate prediction at time scales of 2 weeks to a year. Although a difficult range to forecast accurately, there have been several important advances in the last ten years, most notably in understanding ocean-atmosphere interaction (El Nino for example), the release of global coverage data sets, and in prediction methods themselves. With an emphasis on the empirical approach, the text covers in detail empirical wave propagation, teleconnections, empirical orthogonal functions, and constructed analogue. It also provides a detailed description of nearly all methods used operationally in long-lead seasonal forecasts, with new examples and illustrations. The challenges of making a real time forecast are discussed, including protocol, format, and perceptions about users. Based where possible on global data sets, illustrations are not limited to the Northern Hemisphere, but include several examples from the Southern Hemisphere. Includes foreword by Professor Edward Lorenz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Huug van den Dool gained his PhD in Dynamical Meteorology from the University of Utrecht in 1975. He has since worked as a researcher at KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Maryland, and as Chief of Prediction at the CPC (Climate Prediction Center). He is currently a principal scientist at CPC and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.

Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Background on orthogonal functions and covariance ; 3. Empirical wave propagation ; 4. Teleconnections ; 5. Empirical orthogonal functions ; 6. Degrees of freedom ; 7. Analogues ; 8. Methods in short-term climate prediction ; 9. The practice of short-term climate prediction ; 10. Conclusion ; References ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.12.2006
Zusatzinfo 12 plates, numerous tables and line drawings
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 240 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
ISBN-10 0-19-920278-8 / 0199202788
ISBN-13 978-0-19-920278-2 / 9780199202782
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