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Dynamics and predictability of large-scale high-impact weather and climate events / [edited by] Jianping Li...[et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.Description: xiii, 356 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781107071421 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.55 23 L693
Contents:
1. Global prediction of high-impact weather: diagnosis and performance / Mark Rodwell and Alan Thorpe -- 2. Severe weather diagnosis from the perspective of generalized slantwise vorticity development / Guoxiong Wu, Yongjun Zheng, and Yimin Liu -- 3. Probabilistic extreme event attribution / Pardeep Pall, Michael Wehner, and Dáithi Stone -- 4. Observed and projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes / Xuebin Zhang and Francis Zwiers -- 5. Rossby wave breaking: climatology, interaction with low-frequency climate variability, and links to extreme weather events / Olivia Martius and Gwendal Riviere -- 6. The influence of jet stream regime on extreme weather events / Nili Harnik, Chaim I. Garfinkel, and Orli Lachmy -- 7. Forecasting high-impact weather using emsemble prediction systems / Richard Swinbank, Petra Friederichs, and Sabrina Wahl -- 8. Storm tracks, blocking, and climate change: a review / Tim Woollings -- 9. The North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations: climate variability, extremes, and stratosphere-troposphere interaction / Adam A. Scaife -- 10. Opportunities and challenges in dynamical and predictability studies of tropical cyclone events / Russell L. Elsberry and Hsiao-Chung Tsai -- 11. Predictability of severe weather and tropical cyclones at the mesoscales / Fuqing Zhang, Christopher Melhauser, Dandan Tao, Y. Qiang Sun, Erin B. Munsell, Yonghui Weng, and Jason A. Sippel -- 12. Dynamics, predictability, and high-impact weather associated with the extratopical transition of tropical cyclones / Patrick A. Harr and Heather M. Archambault -- 13. Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones / Chun-Chieh Wu, Yi-Hsuan Huang, and Zhemin Tan -- 14. Seasonal forecasting of floods and tropical cyclones / Tom Beer and Oscar Alves -- 15. European heat waves: the effect of soil moisture, vegetation, and land use / Fabio D'Andrea, Philippe Drobinski, and Marc Stéfanon -- 16. Western North American extreme heat, associated large-scale synoptic-dynamics, and performance by a climate model / Richard Grotjahn -- 17. Decadal to interdecadal variations of northern China heat wave frequency: impact of the Tibetan Plateau snow cover / Zhiwei Wu and Jianping Li -- 18. Global warming targets and heat wave risk / Robin Clark -- 19. Cold-air outbreaks over East Asia associated with blocking highs: mechanisms and their interaction with the polar stratosphere / Hisashi Nakamura, Kazuiaki Nishii, Lin Wang, Yvan J. Orsolini, and Koutarou Takaya -- 20. Response of the Atlantic Ocean circulation to North Atlantic freshwater perturbations / Henk A. Dijkstra -- 21. Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in twentieth century drought and wet periods over the US Great Plains and the Sahel / Sumant Nigam and Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas -- 22. Floods and droughts along the Guinea Coast in connection with the South Atlantic Dipole / Hyacinth C. Nnamchi and Jianping Li -- 23. The effect of global dynamical factors on the interannual variability of land-based rainfall / Peter G. Baines and Benjamin J. Henley -- 24. MJO and extreme weather/climate events / Chidong Zhang -- 25. Extreme weather and seasonal events during the Indian summer monsoon and prospects of improvement in their prediction skill under India's Monsoon Mission / D. R. Sikka -- 26. Interannual variability and predictability of summer climate over the Northwest Pacific and East Asia / Shang-Ping Xie and Yu Kosaka -- 27. Impacts of annular modes on extreme climate events over the East Asian monsoon region / Jianping Li.
Summary: This book examines the dynamical processes between high-impact weather and climate events, and between atmospheric and ocean phenomena.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Global prediction of high-impact weather: diagnosis and performance / Mark Rodwell and Alan Thorpe --
2. Severe weather diagnosis from the perspective of generalized slantwise vorticity development / Guoxiong Wu, Yongjun Zheng, and Yimin Liu --
3. Probabilistic extreme event attribution / Pardeep Pall, Michael Wehner, and Dáithi Stone --
4. Observed and projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes / Xuebin Zhang and Francis Zwiers --
5. Rossby wave breaking: climatology, interaction with low-frequency climate variability, and links to extreme weather events / Olivia Martius and Gwendal Riviere --
6. The influence of jet stream regime on extreme weather events / Nili Harnik, Chaim I. Garfinkel, and Orli Lachmy --
7. Forecasting high-impact weather using emsemble prediction systems / Richard Swinbank, Petra Friederichs, and Sabrina Wahl --
8. Storm tracks, blocking, and climate change: a review / Tim Woollings --
9. The North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations: climate variability, extremes, and stratosphere-troposphere interaction / Adam A. Scaife --
10. Opportunities and challenges in dynamical and predictability studies of tropical cyclone events / Russell L. Elsberry and Hsiao-Chung Tsai --
11. Predictability of severe weather and tropical cyclones at the mesoscales / Fuqing Zhang, Christopher Melhauser, Dandan Tao, Y. Qiang Sun, Erin B. Munsell, Yonghui Weng, and Jason A. Sippel --
12. Dynamics, predictability, and high-impact weather associated with the extratopical transition of tropical cyclones / Patrick A. Harr and Heather M. Archambault --
13. Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones / Chun-Chieh Wu, Yi-Hsuan Huang, and Zhemin Tan --
14. Seasonal forecasting of floods and tropical cyclones / Tom Beer and Oscar Alves --
15. European heat waves: the effect of soil moisture, vegetation, and land use / Fabio D'Andrea, Philippe Drobinski, and Marc Stéfanon --
16. Western North American extreme heat, associated large-scale synoptic-dynamics, and performance by a climate model / Richard Grotjahn --
17. Decadal to interdecadal variations of northern China heat wave frequency: impact of the Tibetan Plateau snow cover / Zhiwei Wu and Jianping Li --
18. Global warming targets and heat wave risk / Robin Clark --
19. Cold-air outbreaks over East Asia associated with blocking highs: mechanisms and their interaction with the polar stratosphere / Hisashi Nakamura, Kazuiaki Nishii, Lin Wang, Yvan J. Orsolini, and Koutarou Takaya --
20. Response of the Atlantic Ocean circulation to North Atlantic freshwater perturbations / Henk A. Dijkstra --
21. Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in twentieth century drought and wet periods over the US Great Plains and the Sahel / Sumant Nigam and Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas --
22. Floods and droughts along the Guinea Coast in connection with the South Atlantic Dipole / Hyacinth C. Nnamchi and Jianping Li --
23. The effect of global dynamical factors on the interannual variability of land-based rainfall / Peter G. Baines and Benjamin J. Henley --
24. MJO and extreme weather/climate events / Chidong Zhang --
25. Extreme weather and seasonal events during the Indian summer monsoon and prospects of improvement in their prediction skill under India's Monsoon Mission / D. R. Sikka --
26. Interannual variability and predictability of summer climate over the Northwest Pacific and East Asia / Shang-Ping Xie and Yu Kosaka --
27. Impacts of annular modes on extreme climate events over the East Asian monsoon region / Jianping Li.

This book examines the dynamical processes between high-impact weather and climate events, and between atmospheric and ocean phenomena.

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