Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology

Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components, together with a modern survey of synoptic-scale weather systems in the tropics and extra tropics, and of the methods and applications of synoptic climate classification. * An introduction to the global climate system and the space-time scales of weather and climate processes, * Climate data and their analysis * General circulation of the global atmosphere * Nature and causes of global teleconnection patterns * Synoptic weather systems in the extra tropics and tropics and satellite-based climatologies of synoptic features * Descriptions of applications of synoptic climatology * Summary of current climatic research and its directions. The work is thoroughly up to date, with extensive bibliographies by chapter. It is illustrated with nearly 300 figures and plates. Its comprehensive reference lists provide an invaluable guide to further study.Barry, Roger G. is the author of 'Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology', published 0013 under ISBN 9780415031158 and ISBN 041503115X.