Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water - 2 Volume Set

The Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water, is a comprehensive, two-volume review of the current state of the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences. Volume I addresses atmospheric dynamics, physical meteorology, weather systems, and measurements, while Volume II contains information on the climate system, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, and societal impacts.

Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteorology, Weather Systems, and Measurement


Preface
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Contributors

Section 1 : Dynamic Meteorology
Chapter 1 : Overview—Atmospheric Dynamics
Chapter 2 : Fundamental Forces and Governing Equations
Chapter 3 : Circulation, Vorticity, and Potential Vorticity
Chapter 4 : Extratropical Atmospheric Circulations
Chapter 5 : Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere
Chapter 6 : Turbulence
Chapter 7 : Predictability and Chaos
Chapter 8 : Historical Overview of Numerical Weather Prediction

Section 2 : The Climate System
Chapter 9 : Overview : The Climate System
Chapter 10 : The Ocean in Climate
Chapter 11 : Processes Determining Land Surface Climate
Chapter 12 : Observations of Climate and Global Change from Real-Time Measurements
Chapter 13 : Why Should We Believe Predictions of Future Climate?
Chapter 14 : The EL NiNO—Southern Oscillation (ENSO) System

Section 3 : Physical Meteorology
Chapter 15 : Physical Atmospheric Science
Chapter 16 : Moist Thermodynamics
Chapter 17 : Thermodynamic Analysis in the Atmosphere
Chapter 18 : Microphysical Processes in the Atmosphere
Chapter 19 : Radiation in the Atmosphere : Foundations
Chapter 20 : Radiation in the Atmosphere : Observations and Applications
Chapter 21 : The Classification of Clouds
Chapter 22 : Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning
Chapter 23 : Weather Modification
Chapter 24 : Atmospheric Optics

Section 4 : Weather Systems
Chapter 25 : Overview for Weather Systems
Chapter 26 : Large-Scale Atmospheric Systems
Chapter 27 : Winter Weather Systems
Chapter 28 : Terrain-Forced Mesoscale Circulations
Chapter 29 : Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Chapter 30 : Tropical Precipitating Systems
Chapter 31 : Hurricanes
Chapter 32 : Modern Weather Forecasting

Section 5 : Measurements
Chapter 33 : Atmospheric Measurements
Chapter 34 : Challenges of Measurements
Chapter 35 : Measurement in the Atmosphere
Chapter 36 : Instrument Development in the National Weather Services
Chapter 37 : Consequence of Instrument and Siting Changes
Chapter 38 : Commercial Response to Measurement Needs : Development of Wind Monitor Series of Wind Sensors
Chapter 39 : Commercial Response to Measurement System Design
Chapter 40 : Design, Calibration, and Quality Assurance Needs of Networks
Chapter 41 : Data Validity in the National Archive
Chapter 42 : Demands of Forensic Meteorology
Chapter 43 : Surface Layer in Situ or Short-Path Measurements for Electric Utility Operations
Chapter 44 : Independent Auditing Aspects of Measurement Programs
Chapter 45 : Regulatory Approaches to Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs
Chapter 46 : Measuring Global Temperature
Chapter 47 : Satellite Versus in Situ Measurements at the Air-Sea Interface
Chapter 48 : Radar Technologies in Support of Forecasting and Research
Chapter 49 : Basic Research for Military Applications
Chapter 50 : Challenge of Snow Measurements

Index


Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrology and Societal Impacts


Preface
Contributors

Section 1 : Atmospheric Chemistry
Chapter 1 : Overview : Atmospheric Chemistry
Chapter 2 : Oxidizing Power of Atmosphere
Chapter 3 : Tropospheric Ozone
Chapter 4 : Nitrogen Oxides and Other Reactive Nitrogen Species
Chapter 5 : Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere
Chapter 6 : Atmospheric Methane
Chapter 7 : Biogenic Nonmethane Hydrocarbons
Chapter 8 : Atmospheric Sulfur
Chapter 9 : Convective Transport
Chapter 10 : Boundary Layer Processes and Flux Measurements
Chapter 11 : Sources and Composition of Aerosol Particles
Chapter 12 : Aerosols : Formation and Microphysics in the Troposphere
Chapter 13 : Photochemical Smog : Ozone and Its Precursors
Chapter 14 : Biomass Burning
Chapter 15 : Acid Rain and Deposition
Chapter 16 : Fundamentals of Visibility
Chapter 17 : Cloud Chemistry
Chapter 18 : Dry Deposition
Chapter 19. : Fate of Atmospheric Trace Gases : Wet Deposition
Chapter 20 : Large-Scale Circulation of the Stratosphere
Chapter 21 : Stratospheric Ozone Observations
Chapter 22 : Aerosol Processes in the Stratosphere

Section 2 : Hydrology
Chapter 23 : Hydrology Overview
Chapter 24 : Rainfall
Chapter 25 : Snow Hydrology and Water Resources (Western United States)
Chapter 26 : Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Evaporation
Chapter 27 : Infiltration and Soil Moisture Processes
Chapter 28 : Groundwater Flow Processes
Chapter 29 : Surface Runoff Generation
Chapter 30 : Flow Routing
Chapter 31 : Hydrologic Modeling for Runoff Forecasting
Chapter 32 : Stochastic Characteristics and Modeling of Hydroclimatic Processes
Chapter 33 : Stochastic Simulation of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes
Chapter 34 : Stochastic Forecasting of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes
Chapter 35 : Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems Applications in Hydrology
Chapter 36 : Floods

Section 3 : Societal Impacts
Chapter 37 : Climate and Society
Chapter 38 : Household Food Security and Coping with Climatic Variability in Developing Countries
Chapter 39 : Drought in the U.S. Great Plains
Chapter 40 : Floods on the Mississippi River System of the United States
Chapter 41 : Drought in Northwest Africa
Chapter 42 : Hurricane as an Extreme Meteorological Event
Chapter 43 : EL NINO in Australia
Chapter 44 : Biological and Societal Impacts of Climate Variability : An Example from Peruvian Fisheries
Chapter 45 : Drought in South Africa
Chapter 46 : Transboundary Fisheries : Pacific Salmon
Chapter 47 : Transboundary River Flow Changes
Chapter 48 : Lessons from the Rising Caspian
Chapter 49 : Acid Rain and Society
Chapter 50 : Impacts of Climate Change
Chapter 51 : Impacts of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
Chapter 52 : Tropical Deforestation and Climate
Chapter 53 : Desertification
Chapter 54 : Imaginable Surprises

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