Description
Book SynopsisThis book is designed as an introductory course in Tropical Meteorology for the graduate or advanced level undergraduate student. It then goes on to progressively smaller spatial and time scales – from the El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Asian Monsoon, down to tropical waves, hurricanes, sea breezes, and tropical squall lines.
Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:
“The book may prove valuable to researchers, given the lack of other books on the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. … Graduate students and researchers/faculty.” (S. G. Decker, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014)
Table of ContentsThe Zonally Averaged Tropical Circulation.- Zonally Asymmetric Features in the Tropics.- The Intertropical Convergence Zone.- Heat Induced Circulations.- Monsoons.- Tropical Waves and Tropical Depressions.- The Madden Julian Oscillation.- Scale Interaction in the Tropics.- El Nino and Southern Oscillation.- Diabatic Potential Vorticity Over the Global Tropics.- Tropical Cloud Ensembles.- Tropical boundary layer.- Radiative Forcing.- Dry and moist static stability.- Hurricane Observations.- Genesis, Tracks and Intensification of Hurricanes.- Modeling and Forecasting of Hurricanes.- Sea Breeze and Diurnal Change Over the Tropics.- Tropical Squall Lines and Mesoscale convective systems.
