General circulation models (GCMs), which define the fundamental dynamics of atmospheric circulation, are nowadays used in various fields of atmospheric science such as weather forecasting, climate predictions and environmental estimations. The Second Edition of this renowned work has been updated to include recent progress of high resolution global modeling. It also contains for the first time aspects of high-resolution global non-hydrostatic models that the author has been studying since the publication of the first edition. Some highlighted results from the Non-hydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM) are also included. The author outlines the theoretical concepts, simple models and numerical methods for modeling the general circulation of the atmosphere. Concentrating on the physical mechanisms responsible for the development of large-scale circulation of the atmosphere, the book offers comprehensive coverage of an important and rapidly developing technique used in the atmospheric science. Dynamic interpretations of the atmospheric structure and their aspects in the general circulation model are described step by step.
Author(s): Masaki Satoh (auth.)
Series: Springer Praxis Books
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 730
Tags: Atmospheric Sciences;Climatology;Math. Appl. in Environmental Science;Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Basic equations....Pages 4-31
Basic balances and stability....Pages 32-54
Approximations of equations....Pages 55-79
Waves....Pages 80-132
Instability....Pages 133-184
Forced motions....Pages 185-206
Eddy transport....Pages 207-235
Thermodynamics of moist air....Pages 236-261
Basic equations of moist air....Pages 262-275
Radiation process....Pages 276-292
Turbulence....Pages 293-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-325
Global energy budget....Pages 326-352
Latitudinal energy balance....Pages 353-369
Vertical structure....Pages 370-394
Moist convection....Pages 395-419
Low-latitude circulations....Pages 420-440
Circulations on a sphere....Pages 441-473
Midlatitude circulations....Pages 474-504
Global mixing....Pages 505-515
Front Matter....Pages 516-518
Basic equations of hydrostatic general circulation models....Pages 519-530
Front Matter....Pages 516-518
Spectral method on a sphere....Pages 531-571
Vertical discretization of hydrostatic models....Pages 572-591
Time integration methods of the spectral model....Pages 592-607
Nonhydrostatic modeling....Pages 608-635
Icosahedral grids....Pages 636-660
Global nonhydrostatic models....Pages 661-688
Standard experiments of atmospheric general circulation models....Pages 689-702
Back Matter....Pages 703-730
