Recent progress in atmospheric sciences: applications to the asia-pacific region - Softcover

Liou, KN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9812818901 ISBN 13: 9789812818904

Publisher: Wspc, 2008

Synopsis

This book contains 22 peer-reviewed articles that cover a spectrum of contemporary subjects relevant to atmospheric sciences, with specific applications to the Asia-Pacific region. The majority of these papers consist of a review of a scientific sub-field in atmospheric sciences, while some contain original contributions. All of the accepted papers were subject to scientific reviews and revisions. The book is divided into 2 traditional fields in atmospheric sciences: atmospheric dynamics and meteorology; and atmospheric physics and chemistry. The authors of these papers are distinguished alumni of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the National Taiwan University, residing in the USA and Taiwan. This book is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences that occurred in 2004. Papers in atmospheric dynamics and meteorology cover the following subjects: El Niño/Southern Oscillation, air/sea interactions, convection in the tropics, meiyu frontal systems, tropical cyclones/typhoons, data assimilations, and mesoscale modeling. In atmospheric physics and chemistry, subjects range from aerosols/clouds interactions, heat budgets in the context of air/sea interactions, atmospheric radiative transfer, remote sensing of the oceans, Asian dust outbreaks and clouds, reviews of cloud microphysics and urban ozone formations, to a satellite GPS system for typhoon studies and weather predictions.

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Review

A very positive characteristic of this book is the wide range of review topics presented by scientific experts. It provides a very good actual overview in atmospheric sciences in the Asia-Pacific region. A lot of important original literature is given ... the book is for deeper understanding of certain topics in atmospheric sciences which is important for graduate students and specialists ... The technical quality of the book is very good. A lot of flow diagrams, schemes, tables, figures and images support the information content. --Meterologische Zeitschrift

Edition details

• Publisher: Wspc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9812818901
• ISBN 13: 9789812818904
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 496