Meteorology at the Millennium

R.P. Pearce (Eds.)0-12-548035-0, 9780125480352

Meteorology at the Millennium details recent advances in meteorology and explores its interfaces with science, technology, and society. Ways in which modern meteorology is contributing to the developments in other sciences are described, as well as how atmospheric scientists are learning from colleagues in related disciplines.Meteorology at the Millennium will serve as a point of reference for students and researchers of meteorology and climatology for many years to come.The areas covered include weather prediction at the millennium, climate variability and change, atmosphere-ocean coupling, the biogeochemical system, weather on other planets.This book is a compilation of the best invited papers presented at a conference celebrating the 150 years of the Royal Meteorological Society (RMS).

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Table of contents :
Content:
Foreword
Page xi
Brian Hoskins, Ian James

Preface
Page xiii
Robert P. Pearce

Contributors
Pages xv-xvi

Predicting uncertainty in numerical weather forecasts Original Research Article
Pages 3-13
T.N. Palmer

Extratropical cyclones An historical perspective Original Research Article
Pages 14-22
Alan J. Thorne

Numerical methods for atmospheric general circulation models Refinements or fundamental advances? Original Research Article
Pages 23-28
David L. Williamson

Mesoscale mountains and the larger-scale atmospheric dynamics: A review Original Research Article
Pages 29-42
Christoph Schär

The upscale turbulent cascade Shear layers, cyclones and gas giant bands Original Research Article
Pages 43-61
W.R. Peltier, G.R. Stuhne

The role of water in atmosphertc dynamics and climate Original Research Article
Pages 62-71
Kerry Emanuel

New observational technologlies Scientific and societal impacts Original Research Article
Pages 72-82
Frédéric Fabry, Isztar Zawadzki

Turning dynamical ideas into forecast practice A proposal for a renewed graphical summary of the synoptic scale situation Original Research Article
Pages 83-105
Alain Joly, Patrick Santurette

Weather forecasting From woolly art to solid science Original Research Article
Pages 106-119
Peter Lynch

Problems in quantifying natural andanthropogenic perturbations to the earth’s energy balance Original Research Article
Pages 123-132
Keith P. Shine, Eleanor J. Highwood

Changes in climate and variability over the last 1000 years Original Research Article
Pages 133-142
Philip D. Jones

Climatic variability over the North Atlantic Original Research Article
Pages 143-151
James W. Hurrell, Marten P. Hoerling, Chris K. Folland

Prediction and detection of anthropogenic climate change Original Research Article
Pages 152-164
J.F. B. Mitchell

Absorption of solar radiation in the atmosphere: Reconciling models with measurements Original Research Article
Pages 165-173
A. Slingo

The impact of satellite observations of the earth’s spectrum on climate research Original Research Article
Pages 174-182
J.E. Harries

Atlantic air-sea interaction revisited Original Research Article
Pages 185-197
M.J. Rodwell

The monsoon as a self-regulating coupled ocean—atmosphere system Original Research Article
Pages 198-219
Peter J. Webster, Christina Clark, Galina Cherikova, John Fasullo, Weiqing Han, Johannes Loschnigg, Kamran Sahami

Laminar flow in the ocean Ekman layer Original Research Article
Pages 220-232
John Woods

Ocean observations and the climate forecast problem Original Research Article
Pages 233-245
Carl Wunsch

Biogeochemical connections between the atmosphere and the ocean Original Research Article
Pages 249-258
Peter S. Liss

Modelling vegetation and the carbon cycle as interactive elements of the climate system Original Research Article
Pages 259-279
Peter M. Cox, Richard A. Betts, A. Betts, Chris D. Jones, Steven A. Spall, Ian J. Totterdell

Some fundamental aspects of atmospheric dynamics, with a solar spinoff Original Research Article
Pages 283-305
Michael McIntyre

Atmospheric dynamics of the outer planets Original Research Article
Pages 306-315
Andrew P. Ingersoll

Palaeoclimate studies at the millennium the role of the coupled system Original Research Article
Pages 316-325
Paul J. Valdes

Index
Pages 327-330