Introduction to Climate Modelling

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A three-tier approach is presented: (i) fundamental dynamical concepts of climate processes, (ii) their mathematical formulation based on balance equations, and (iii) the necessary numerical techniques to solve these equations. This book showcases the global energy balance of the climate system and feedback processes that determine the climate sensitivity, initial-boundary value problems, energy transport in the climate system, large-scale ocean circulation and abrupt climate change.

Author(s): Thomas Stocker (auth.)
Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 182
Tags: Earth Sciences, general; Meteorology/Climatology; Climate Change; Geophysics/Geodesy

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-23
Model Hierarchy and Simplified Climate Models....Pages 25-51
Describing Transports of Energy and Matter....Pages 53-77
Energy Transport in the Climate System and Its Parameterisation....Pages 79-89
Initial Value and Boundary Value Problems....Pages 91-96
Large-Scale Circulation in the Ocean....Pages 97-122
Large-Scale Circulation in the Atmosphere....Pages 123-135
Atmosphere–Ocean Interactions....Pages 137-150
Multiple Equilibria in the Climate System....Pages 151-164
Back Matter....Pages 171-179