General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present, and Future Volume 70

by David A. Randall

General Circulation Models (GCMs) are rapidly assuming widespread use as powerful tools for predicting global events on time scales of months to decades, such as the onset of EL Nino, monsoons, soil moisture saturation indices, global warming estimates, and even snowfall predictions. While GCMs have been praised for helping to foretell the current El Nino and its impact on droughts in Indonesia, its full power is only now being recognized by international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0125780109
• ISBN13: 9780125780100
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"