Author(s): L. Druyan
Publisher: Intech
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 349
Tags: Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-химические процессы в атмосфере. Методы измерений;
Climate Models......Page 2
©......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Part 1
Atmospheric Models......Page 14
1 Tropical Channel Model......Page 16
2 Seasonal Climate Prediction and Predictability of Atmospheric Circulation......Page 32
3 Regional Climate Model Applications for West Africa and the Tropical Eastern Atlantic......Page 56
Part 2
Hydrology and Extreme Climate Events......Page 72
4 Advances in Streamflow Prediction: A Multimodel Statistical Approach for Application on Water Resources Management......Page 74
5 Impact of Global Climate Change on Regional Water Resources: A Case Study in the Huai River Basin......Page 100
6 Nonparametric Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation from Global Climate Models......Page 122
7 Modeling Extreme Climate Events: Two Case Studies in Mexico......Page 150
Part 3
Ocean, Biosphere and Soil Interactions......Page 174
8 Numerical Investigation of the Interaction Between Land Surface Processes and Climate......Page 176
9 Modeling Freezing and Thawing of Subsurface Soil Layers for Global Climate Models......Page 222
10 The Role of Stochastic
Forcing in Climate Models:
The Case of Thermohaline Circulation......Page 244
Part 4
Aerosols......Page 260
11 A Review of Modeling Approaches
Accounting for Aerosol Impacts on Climate......Page 262
12 Aerosol Radiative Forcing:
AERONET-Based Estimates......Page 288
13 Correcting Transport Errors
During Advection of Aerosol and
Cloud Moment Sequences in Eulerian Models......Page 310
Part 5
Modeling Climate Impacts......Page 324
14 The Effects of Climate Change
on Orangutans: A Time Budget Model......Page 326
