| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 486 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
1. Understanding the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its interactions with the Indian Ocean and monsoon / Jin-Yi Yu -- 2. Ocean-atmosphere-land feedbacks on the Western North Pacific-East Asian Summer Climate / Chia Chou and Jien-Yi Tu -- 3. Coupling of the intraseasonal oscillation with the tropical cyclone in the western north pacific during the 2004 typhoon season / Huang-Hsiung Hsu [and others] -- 4. Convective-radiative-mixing processes in the tropical ocean-atmosphere / Chung-Hsiung Sui [and others] -- 5. Understanding atmospheric catastrophes / Winston C. Chao -- 6. Relative intensity of the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks in a maximally simplified model setting / Mankin Mak -- 7. The role of cumulus heating in the development and evolution of Meiyu frontal systems / George Tai-Jen Chen -- 8. Advance in the dynamics and targeted observations of tropical cyclone movement / Chun-Chieh Wu -- 9. Vortex interactions and typhoon concentric eyewall formation / H.-C. Kuo [and others] -- 10. Rare typhoon development near the equator / C.-P. Chang and Teo Suan Wong -- 11. Assimilation of satellite ocean surface winds at NCEP and their impact on atmospheric analyses and weather forecasting / Tsann-Wang Yu -- 12. Purdue atmospheric models and applications / Wen-Yih Sun [and others] -- 13. Interaction between aerosols and clouds : current understanding / Jen-Ping Chen [and others] -- 14. Application of satellite-based surface heat budgets to climate studies of the tropical Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean / Ming-Dah Chou, Shu-Hsien Chou and Shuk-Mei Tse -- 15. Some unsolved problems in atmospheric radiative transfer : implication for climate research in the Asia-Pacific region / K.N. Liou [and others] -- 16. Progress in atmospheric vortex structures deduced from single Doppler radar observations / Wen-Chau Lee and Ben Jong-Dao Jou -- 17. Typhoon-ocean interactions inferred by multisensor observations / I-I Lin and Chun-Chieh Wu -- 18. Outbreaks of Asian Dust Storms: An overview from satellite and surface perspectives / Si-Chee Tsay -- 19. An overview of satellite-measured cloud layer structure and cloud optical and microphysical properties / Fu-Lung Chang -- 20. Recent advances in research on micro- to storm-scale ice microphysical processes in clouds / Pao K. Wang [and others] -- 21. A review of ozone formation in megacities of East Asia and its potential impact on the ozone trends / Shaw Chen Liu -- 22. Impact of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC data on typhoon and Mei-yu prediction / Ying-Hwa Kuo [and others] |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Atmospheric science.
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meteorology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Atmospheric science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Liou, Kuo-Nan.
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Chou, M. D. (Ming-Dah)
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| ISBN |
9789812818911 |
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981281891X |
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