Overview

Clouds and cloud systems and their interactions with larger scales of motion, radiation, and the Earth's surface are extremely important parts of weather and climate systems. Their treatment in weather forecast and climate models is a significant source of errors and uncertainty. As computer power increases, it is beginning to be possible to explicitly resolve cloud and precipitation processes in these models, presenting opportunities for improving precipitation forecasts and larger-scale phenomena such as tropical cyclones which depend critically on cloud and precipitation physics. 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 1992-93 Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE) experiment. The importance of the ocean to tropical convective systems is clearly shown here in the numerical results of simulations with their air-sea coupled modeling system. While the focus is on tropical convection, the methodology and applicability can be extended to cloud and precipitation processes elsewhere. The results described in this well-written book form a solid foundation for future high-resolution model weather forecasts and climate simulations that resolve clouds explicitly in three dimensions--a future that has great promise for the understanding and prediction of weather and climate for the great benefit of society.

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Author:   Shouting Gao ,  Xiaofan Li
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048178292

ISBN 10:   9048178290
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9783319263588
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Model and Physics.- Analysis Methodology.- Comparison Between Simulations and Observations.- Surface Rainfall Processes.- Tropical Cloud Clusters.- Cloud Radiative and Microphysical Processes.- Convective, Moist, and Dynamic Vorticity Vectors.- Diurnal Variations of Tropical Oceanic Convection.- Precipitation Efficiency.- Air–Sea Coupling.- Climate Equilibrium States.- Remote Sensing Applications.- Future Perspective of Cloud-Resolving Modeling.

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From the reviews: The book focuses on clouds and precipitation and their interaction with larger scales of motion and the Earths surface in e.g. coupled ocean-cloud-resolving atmosphere models. ... The book comprises 13 well-written chapters, all of which include a chapter-specific list of references. ... A large number of figures ... illustrates results derived as well as concepts presented. ... The book is densely written and addresses graduate students and researches with interest in cloud-, precipitation-, atmospheric-, and general modeling. (Nina Kirchner, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1217, 2011)

From the reviews: The book focuses on clouds and precipitation and their interaction with larger scales of motion and the Earths surface in e.g. coupled ocean-cloud-resolving atmosphere models. ... The book comprises 13 well-written chapters, all of which include a chapter-specific list of references. ... A large number of figures ... illustrates results derived as well as concepts presented. ... The book is densely written and addresses graduate students and researches with interest in cloud-, precipitation-, atmospheric-, and general modeling. (Nina Kirchner, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1217, 2011)

Author Information

Shouting Gao: 1968-B.S. Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China; 1981-M.S. Chinese University of Science and Technology, China; 1988-Ph.D. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; from 1990 to 1992, a Postdoc at the University of Dundee, UK; from 1992 to 1995, a visiting scientist at the University of Oklahoma, USA; since 1996, a professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Xiaofan Li: 1982-B.S. Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China; 1985-M.S. Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China; 1993-Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 1993-1994, Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; 1994-2001, Contract Research Scientist, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA; from 2001-present, Physical Scientist, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Research and Applications, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA.

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