Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: From El Nino to Climate Change

Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change presents the patterns, mechanisms, and predictability of climate variability and anthropogenic climate change. Based on a graduate course the author has taught over 25 years, this book provides the physical foundation for those who are interested in fundamental questions such as: why climate varies from one year to another; how predictable climate is; and how climate will change in the face of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This is the first comprehensive and systematic treatment of this subject that simultaneously draws on the latest research and is accessible for graduate students.

Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change takes a gradual step-by-step and systematic approach to coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions. This allows a wide range of comparative views: climate modes among and across different tropical ocean basins, ocean feedback on the atmosphere in vs. out of the tropics, and spontaneous internal oscillation vs. externally forced climate change. Such comparative views offer unprecedented insights into the dynamics of climate variability and predictability. This book can be used as supplementary reading for advanced undergraduate students and for coursework in climate dynamics/modeling, climate variability and change. The book discusses latest research and can be used as a reference book and research monograph for researchers in ocean/atmospheric/climate/earth system sciences.