General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present, and Future [1st ed.] 0125780109, 9780125780100, 9780080507231

Table of contents :
Content:
Contributors
Pages xxiii-xxv

Foreword
Pages xxvii-xxix
Norman Phillips

Preface
Pages xxxi-xxxii
David Randall

Chapter 1 A personal perspective on the early years of general circulation modeling at UCLA Review Article
Pages 1-65
Akio Arakawa

Chapter 2 A brief history of atmospheric general circulation modeling Review Article
Pages 67-90
Paul N. Edwards

Chapter 3 Clarifying the dynamics of the general circulation: Phillips's 1956 experiment Review Article
Pages 91-125
John M. Lewis

Chapter 4 Climate modeling in the global warming debate Review Article
Pages 127-164,I-VIII
J. Hansen, R. Ruedy, A. Lacis, M. Sato, L. Nazarenko, N. Tausnev, I. Tegen, D. Koch

Chapter 5 A retrospective analysis of the pioneering data assimilation experiments with the Mintz-Arakawa general circulation model Review Article
Pages 165-179
Milton Halem, Andrea Hudson, Jules Kouatchou

Chapter 6 A retrospective view of Arakawa's ideas on cumulus parameterization Review Article
Pages 181-198
Wayne H. Schubert

Chapter 7 On the origin of cumulus parameterization for numerical prediction models Review Article
Pages 199-224
Akira Kasahara

Chapter 8 Quasi-equilibrium thinking Review Article
Pages 225-255
Kerry Emanuel

Chapter 9 Application of relaxed Arakawa-Schubert cumulus parameterization to the NCEP climate model: Some sensitivity experiments Review Article
Pages 257-284
Shrinivas Moorthi

Chapter 10 Solving problems with GCMs: General circulation models and their role in the climate modeling hierarchy Review Article
Pages 285-325
Michael Ghil, Andrew W. Robertson

Chapter 11 Prospects for development of medium-range and extended-range forecasts Review Article
Pages 327-354
Anthony Hollingsworth

Chapter 12 Climate services at the Japan meteorological agency using a general circulation model: Dynamical one-month prediction Review Article
Pages 355-371
Tatsushi Tokioka

Chapter 13 numerical methods: The Arakawa approach, horizontal grid, global, and limited-area modeling Review Article
Pages 373-419
Fedor Mesinger

Chapter 14 formulation of oceanic general circulation models Review Article
Pages 421-456
James C. McWilliams

Chapter 15 Climate and variability in the first quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model Review Article
Pages 457-488
Ning Zeng, J. David Neelin, Chia Chou, Johnny Wei-Bing Lin, Hui Su

Chapter 16 Climate simulation studies at CCSR Review Article
Pages 489-508
Akimasa Sumi

Chapter 17 Global atmospheric modeling using a geodesic grid with an isentropic vertical coordinate Review Article
Pages 509-538
David A. Randall, Ross Heikes, Todd Ringer

Chapter 18 A coupled GCM pilgrimage: From climate catastrophe to ENSO simulations Review Article
Pages 539-575
Carlos R. Mechoso, Jin-Yi Yu, Akio Arakawa

Chapter 19 Representing the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer in GCMs Review Article
Pages 577-604
Chin-Hoh Moeng, Bjorn Stevens

Chapter 20 Cloud system modeling Review Article
Pages 605-640
Steven K. Krueger

Chapter 21 Using single-column models to improve cloud-radiation parameterizations Review Article
Pages 641-657
Richard C.J. Somerville

Chapter 22 Entropy, the Lorenz energy cycle, and climate Review Article
Pages 659-720
Douald R. Johnson

Chapter 23 Future development of general circulation models Review Article
Pages 721-780
Akio Arakawa

Index
Pages 781-803