Product Description

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3131810 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 644 pages

Review
'Barry and Carleton's book provides a much-needed bridge between classical synoptic climatology and the more recent developments in dynamical and statistical meteorology. Explanations and applications of techniques such as Q-vectors, normal mode analysis, empirical orthogonal functions, wavelet analysis, and clustering algorithms are, for the first time, presented in a single coherent volume. Readers will welcome the enlightening treatments of these techniques, from their motivation through their practical application to cutting-edge topics in weather and short-term climate variability. The book will serve as a valuable reference for climate researchers and for those in related disciplines. It will also provide an excellent textbook for climate-related courses at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels.' - John Walsh, University of Illinois Urbana, USA

'Barry and Carleton have provided a much-needed bridge between classical synoptic climatology and the more recent developments in dynamical and statistical meteorology. This book will serve as a valuable reference for climate researchers and for those in related disciplines. It will also provide an excellent textbook for climate-related courses at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels.' - John Walsh, University of Illinois Urbana, USA

'The scale and scope of this undertaking is remarkable and it is a phenomenal scholarly and scientific achievement. Each chapter makes it clear what is known and what has still to be investigated. This is coupled with a fascinating insight into the development of ideas over the past centuries and the way in which investigations have become increasingly scientific utilizing the most sophisticated techniques available.' - John Gerrard, Reader in Geography, University of Birmingham, UK

From the Back Cover
Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extra tropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification. It is unrivalled in the scope and detail of its contents. The work is thoroughly up to date, with extensive bibliographies by chapter. It is illustrated with nearly 300 figures and plates.

*Part 1 provides an introduction to the global climate system and the space-time scales of weather and climate processes, followed by a chapter on climate data and their analysis
*Part 2 describes and explains the characteristics of the general circulation of the global atmosphere and includes the nature and causes of global teleconnection patterns
*Part 3 discusses synoptic weather systems in the extra tropics and tropics and satellite-based climatologies of synoptic features. It also describes the applications of synoptic climatology and summarises current climatic research and its directions.

The book is intended for advanced students in climatology and environmental and atmospheric sciences, as well as for professionals in the field of climate dynamics and variability. It presents both established findings about global climate and unresolved issues. Its comprehensive reference lists provide an invaluable guide to further study.