Synoptic and dynamic climatology

Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2002. — 637 p.Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behavior and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification. It is unrivalled in the scope and detail of its contents. The work is thoroughly up to date, with extensive reference sections by chapter.Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
The climate system and its study.
Introduction.
Climate data and their analysis.
Dynamic climatology.
Global climate and the general circulation.
Large-scale circulation and climatic characteristics.
Global teleconnections.
Synoptic climatology.
Synoptic systems.
Synoptic climatology and its applications.
Retrospect and prospect.
Further reading.
Index.