Frontiers of Climate Modeling

Description

The physics and dynamics of the atmosphere and atmosphere-ocean interactions provide the foundation of modern climate models, upon which our understanding of the chemistry and biology of ocean and land surface processes are built. Frontiers of Climate Modeling captures modern developments in modeling the atmosphere, and their implications for our understanding of climate change, whether due to natural or anthropogenic causes. Emphasis is on elucidating how greenhouse gases and aerosols are altering the radiative forcing of the climate system and the sensitivity of the system to such perturbations. An expert team of authors address key aspects of the atmospheric greenhouse effect, clouds, aerosols, atmospheric radiative transfer, deep convection dynamics, large scale ocean dynamics, stratosphere-troposphere interactions, and coupled ocean-atmosphere model development. Frontiers of Climate Modeling is an important reference for researchers and advanced students interested in understanding the forces driving the climate system and how they are modeled by climate scientists.

Jeffrey Kiehl is a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. He is a recipient of the Disinguished Achievement Award in Climate System Modeling. V. (Ram) Ramanathan is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California. He is the recipient of several prestigious prizes awarded for his work in the field.