This book presents a novel approach in the field of global change by presenting a comprehensive analysis of interhemispheric linkages of climate, present and past, and their effects on human societies. The ultimate goal of this interhemispheric integration is to improve our understanding of causes and mechanisms of climate change to enhance our capability in predicting future changes.
Given the societal interest in global change issues this book offers a new approach for the integration of global information.
It will provide a reference for professional scientists, researchers and graduate students in the fields of climatology, and the earth and environmental sciences.
- Chapters analyse instrumental atmospheric and oceanic data to address such phenomena as El Nino/Southern Oscillation variability and other climate anomalies such as the Pacific and North Atlantic Oscillation and polar air outbreaks
- A new systematic methodology is presented that allows objective and verifiable reconstruction of climate fields from sparse data
- Especially valuable in the context of climate proxy data
@qu:"An outstanding collection of current research on the paleoclimatology of the Americas by leaders in the field. This is an essential volume for those concerned with past environmental change in North, Central, and South America."
@source:--Ray Bradley, Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts
Interhemispheric Climate Linkages presents a comparative analysis of across-hemisphere linkages of climate and their effects on human societies, thus providing a framework for the study of global change. This authoritative volume takes a spatially integrated view of climate variability and climate change on seasonal to millennial time scales, based on instrumental and climate proxy records from the Americas. Individual chapters address the interannual to multidecadal interhemispheric symmetry of climate patterns related to variability in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the Pacific and North Atlantic Oscillation, polar air outbreaks, and other climatic events.
Features:
· First volume to provide an interdisciplinary framework for investigating interhemispheric climate linkages, past and present.
· New methodologies for global-scale integration of climate and climate proxy records -- a new approach to the integration of global information.
· Integrated view of present and past interhemispheric climate linkage mechanisms
· Numerous examples of the effects of environmental change on ancient human societies
