This book by Professor Shouting Gao of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Beijing and Xiaofan Li of NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Services (NESDIS) presents an update and review of results of high-resolution, mostly two-dimensional models of clouds and precipitation and their interactions with larger scales of motion and the Earth’s surface. It provides a thorough description of cloud and precipitation physics, including basic governing equations and related physics, such as phase changes of water, radiation and mixing. Model results are compared with observations from the 1992-93Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment(TOGA COARE) experiment. The first book to focus on cloud-resolving modeling of convective processes, with almost a hundred detailed illustrations Comprehensive information on many research aspects related to convective development Provides a thorough description of cloud microphysics and precipitation-radiation interaction INDICE: Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Model and Physics.- 2. Analysis Methodology.- 3. Comparison between Simulations and Observations.- 4. Surface Rainfall Processes.- 5. Tropical Cloud Clusters.- 6. Cloud Radiative and Microphysical Processes.- 7. Convective, Moist and Dynamic Vorticity Vectors.- 9. DiurnalVariations of Tropical Oceanic Convection.- 9. Precipitation Efficiency.- 10.Air-Sea Coupling.- 11. Climate Equilibrium States.- 12. Remote Sensing Applications.- 13. Future Perspective of Cloud-Resolving Modeling.- Abbreviations and Acronyms.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-8275-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés