Satoh M. Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics and General Circulation Models

2nd edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2014, 730 pages, ISBN: 3642135730.General circulation models (GCMs), which define the fundamental dynamics of atmospheric circulation, are nowadays used in various fields of atmospheric science such as weather forecasting, climate predictions and environmental estimations. The Second Edition of this renowned work has been updated to include recent progress of high resolution global modeling. It also contains for the first time aspects of high-resolution global non-hydrostatic models that the author has been studying since the publication of the first edition. Some highlighted results from the Non-hydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM) are also included. The author outlines the theoretical concepts, simple models and numerical methods for modeling the general circulation of the atmosphere. Concentrating on the physical mechanisms responsible for the development of large-scale circulation of the atmosphere, the book offers comprehensive coverage of an important and rapidly developing technique used in the atmospheric science. Dynamic interpretations of the atmospheric structure and their aspects in the general circulation model are described step by step.Principle Ideas.
Basic equations.
Basic balances and stability.
Approximations of equations.
Waves.
Instability.
Forced motions.
Eddy transport.
Thermodynamics of moist air.
Basic equations of moist air.
Radiation process.
Turbulence.
Atmospheric Structures.
Global energy budget.
Latitudinal energy balance.
Vertical structure.
Moist convection.
Low-latitude circulations.
Circulations on a sphere.
Midlatitude circulations.
Global mixing.
General Circulation Modeling.
Basic equations of hydrostatic general circulation models.
Spectral method on a sphere.
Vertical discretization of hydrostatic models.
Time integration methods of the spectral model.
Nonhydrostatic modeling.
Icosahedral grids.
Global nonhydrostatic models.
Standard experiments of atmospheric general circulation models.