El Nino and the Southern Oscillation

Informationen zum Autor Emeritus Professor Allan Clarke was formerly a Distinguished Professor and holder of the Adrian E. Gill Chair in Physical Oceanography at Florida State University. For 50 years he studied and taught physical oceanography and air-sea interaction at Florida State. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and received the Sverdrup Gold Medal from the American Meteorological Society For fundamental contributions to the dynamics of ocean currents and air-sea interaction with particular emphasis on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Klappentext Offers a step by step introduction to ENSO and helps you learn the ENSO basics. This book assumes that the reader has a knowledge of the equations of fluid mechanics on a rotating earth and emphasizes the observations and physical explanations of them. It is intended as a reference and an introduction to El Nino/Southern Oscillation dynamics. Zusammenfassung Offers a step by step introduction to ENSO and helps you learn the ENSO basics. This book assumes that the reader has a knowledge of the equations of fluid mechanics on a rotating earth and emphasizes the observations and physical explanations of them. It is intended as a reference and an introduction to El Nino/Southern Oscillation dynamics.

Autorentext
Emeritus Professor Allan Clarke was formerly a Distinguished Professor and holder of the Adrian E. Gill Chair in Physical Oceanography at Florida State University. For 50 years he studied and taught physical oceanography and air-sea interaction at Florida State. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and received the Sverdrup Gold Medal from the American Meteorological Society For fundamental contributions to the dynamics of ocean currents and air-sea interaction with particular emphasis on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Klappentext

Offers a step by step introduction to ENSO and helps you learn the ENSO basics. This book assumes that the reader has a knowledge of the equations of fluid mechanics on a rotating earth and emphasizes the observations and physical explanations of them. It is intended as a reference and an introduction to El Nino/Southern Oscillation dynamics.

Inhalt
Preface
Introduction. ENSO in the Tropical Pacific. Equatorial Ocean Dynamics. Equatorial Wave Reflection from Pacific Ocean Boundaries. Wind-forced Equatorial Wave Theory and the Equatorial Ocean Response to ENSO Wind Forcing. Sea Surface Temperature, Deep Atmospheric Convection and ENSO Surface Winds. ENSO Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models. Phase-locking of ENSO to the Calendar Year. Upper Air Response to ENSO Heating and Atmospheric Teleconnections. ENSO Forecasting using Dynamical Models. ENSO Forecasting using Statistical Models. ENSO's Influence on Marine and Bird Life. Appendix A. Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis (Principal Component Analysis).
Appendix B. Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA). ENSO in the Tropical Pacific. Equatorial Ocean Dynamics. Equatorial Wave Reflection from Pacific Ocean Boundaries. Wind-forced Equatorial Wave Theory and the Equatorial Ocean Response to ENSO Wind Forcing. Sea Surface Temperature, Deep Atmospheric Convection and ENSO Surface Winds. ENSO Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models. Phase-locking of ENSO to the Calendar Year. Upper Air Response to ENSO Heating and Atmospheric Teleconnections. ENSO Forecasting using Dynamical Models. ENSO Forecasting using Statistical Models. ENSO's Influence on Marine and Bird Life. Appendix A. Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis (Principal Component Analysis). Appendix B. Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA).