Factor separation in the atmosphere: applications and future prospects / ed. by P.Alpert, T.Sholokhman. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xviii, 274 p., [12] p. of col. plates: ill., maps. - Ref.: p.254-271. - Ind.: p.272-274. – ISBN 978-0-521-19173-9  Место хранения:   066 | Институт мониторинга климатических и экологических систем CO РАН | Томск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

List of contributors .......................................... vii Foreword ..................................................... xiii Preface ........................................................ xv 1 Introduction ................................................. 1 P. Alpert 2 The Factor Separation Methodology and the fractional approach ..................................................... 5 T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert 3 Investigation of the Factor Separation features for basic mathematical functions ...................................... 11 T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert 4 Factor Separation Methodology and paleoclimates ............. 28 A. Berger, M. Claussen, and Q. Yin 5 Meso-meteorology: Factor Separation examples in atmospheric meso-scale motions .............................. 53 P. Alpert 6 Using the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology for land-use land-cover change impacts on weather and climate process with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System ....... 67 A. Beltrán-Przekurat, R.A. Pielke Sr., J.L Eastman, G.T. Narisma, A.J. Pitman, M. Lei, and D. Niyogi 7 Application of Factor Separation to heavy rainfall and cyclogenesis: Mediterranean examples ........................ 87 R. Romero 8 Experience in applying the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology to assessing urban land-use and aerosol impacts on precipitation ................................... 120 S.C. van den Heever, C. Rozoff, and W.R. Cotton 9 Free and forced thermocline oscillations in Lake Tanganyika ................................................. 146 O. Gourgue, E. Deleersnijder, V. Legat, E. Marchal, and L. White 10 Application of the Factor Separation Methodology to quantify the effect of waste heat, vapor and pollution on cumulus convection ......................................... 163 G.W. Reuter 11 The use of the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology for climate variable interaction studies in hydrological land surface models and crop yield models .................. 171 D. Niyogi, R. Mera, Yongkang Xue, G. Wilkerson, and F. Booker 12 Linear model for the sea breeze ............................ 184 T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert 13 Experience and conclusions from the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology: Ensemble data assimilation and forecasting applications ................................... 196 D. Rostkier-Edelstein and J.P. Hacker 14 Tagging systematic errors arising from different components of dynamics and physics in forecast models ...... 219 T.N. Krishnamurti and Vinay Kumar 15 Some difficulties and prospects ............................ 237 P. Alpert and T. Sholokhman 16 Summary .................................................... 245 P. Alpert Appendix: References employing the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology .............................. 250 References .................................................... 254 Index ......................................................... 272 The color plates are situated between pages 110 and 111.