Randall, David A. (Editor)
Academic Press
Pages: 807
Physical Details: xxxii + 807 pp.; ill.
Language: English
General Circulation Models (GCMs) are rapidly assuming widespread use as powerful tools for predicting global events on time scales of months to decades, such as the onset of EL Nino, monsoons, soil moisture saturation indices, global warming estimates, and even snowfall predictions. While GCMs have been praised for helping to foretell the current El Nino and its impact on droughts in Indonesia, its full power is only now being recognized by international scientists and governments who seek to link GCMs to help them estimate fish harvests, risk of floods, landslides, and even forest fires. Scientists in oceanography, hydrology, meteorology, and climatology and civil, ocean, and geological engineers perceive a need for a reference on GCM design. In this compilation of information by an internationally recognized group of experts, Professor Randall brings together the knowledge base of the forerunners in theoretical and applied frontiers of GCM development. General Circulation Model Development focuses on the past, present, and future design of numerical methods for general circulation modeling, as well as the physical parameterizations required for their proper implementation. Additional chapters on climate simulation and other applications provide illustrative examples of state-of-the-art GCM design.
...MoreDescription Contents: A Personal Perspective on the Early Years of General Circulation Modeling at UCLA /; Akio Arakawa --; Early History of Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere --; AA's Personal Pre-UCLA History --; The “Arakawa Jacobian” --; Development of the Mintz-Arakawa Model --; Second Phase of Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere and the Evolution of Different Generations of the UCLA GCM --; Vertical Differencing in the UCLA GCM --; Horizontal Differencing in the UCLA GCM --; Formulation of PBL Processes in the UCLA GCM --; Formulation of Moist Processes in the UCLA GCM --; A Brief History of Atmospheric General Circulation Modeling /; Paul N. Edwards --; Before 1955: Numerical Weather Prediction and the Prehistory of GCMs --; 1955-1965: Establishment of General Circulation Modeling --; The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory --; The UCLA Department of Meteorology --; The Livermore Atmospheric Model --; The National Center for Atmospheric Research --; 1965-1975: Spread of GCMs --; 1975-1985: GCMs Mature --; Clarifying the Dynamics of the General Circulation: Phillips's 1956 Experiment /; John M. Lewis --; General Circulation: Ideas and Controversies, 1940s to Early 1950s --; The Experiment --; Reaction to the Experiment --; Climate Modeling in the Global Warming Debate /; J. Hansen, R. Ruedy, A. Lacis, M. Sato, L. Nazarenko, N. Tausnev, I. Tegen, D. Koch --; GISS Global Climate Models --; Climate Sensitivity --; Transient Climate: Climate Predictions --; Missing Atmospheric Absorption --; Global Warming Debate --; A Cautionary Conclusion. (from WorldCat)
Chapter Edwards, Paul N. (2000) A brief history of atmospheric general circulation modeling. In: General circulation model development (pp. 67-90).
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