About The Book
Atmospheric General Circulation by Wallace et al. (2023)
Description
An engaging, comprehensive, richly illustrated textbook about the atmospheric general circulation, written by leading researchers in the field. The book elucidates the pervasive role of atmospheric dynamics in the Earth System, interprets the structure and evolution of atmospheric motions across a range of space and time scales in terms of fundamental theoretical principles, and includes relevant historical background and tutorials on research methodology. The book includes over 300 exercises and is accompanied by extensive online resources, including solutions manuals, an animations library, and an introduction to online visualization and analysis tools. This textbook is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in atmospheric sciences and geosciences curricula and as a reference textbook for researchers.
The authors
Dr. John M. Wallace
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
John M. Wallace is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Washington. He served as Department Chair from 1983-1988. He is a recipient of the James B. Macelwane and Roger Revelle Medals of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award and Carl-Gustav Rossby Medal of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the co-author (with Peter Hobbs) of Atmospheric Sciences: An Introductory Survey (2006), one of the most influential textbooks in the field.
Dr. David Battisti
Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
David S. Battisti is Professor and Tamaki Chair of Atmospheric Sciences in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. He is a recipient of the Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal of the AMS and was a Carnegie Centennial Professor of Scotland from 2014-16. He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a co-editor of the journal Weather and Climate Dynamics.
Dr. David Thompson
Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University
David W. J. Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Colorado State University and the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is a recipient of the Clarence B. Meisinger Award of the AMS, the James B. Macelwane Medal and the Jule G. Charney Lectureship of the AGU, the Royal Society (UK) Wolfson Fellowship, and the Monfort Professorship at Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the AGU.
Dr. Dennis Hartmann
Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
Dennis Hartmann is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. He served as Department Chair from 2002-2007. He is a recipient of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Carl Gustav Rossby Research Medal of the AMS, and the Revelle Medal of the AGU. He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the textbook Global Physical Climatology (2006).
Chapter Co-Authors
Chapter 10: Hamid A. Pahlavan, Rice University and Northwest Research Associates
Chapter 11: Rachel H. White, Dep't. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia
Chapter 13: Grant W. Branstator, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Chapter 14: Angel F. Adames-Corrali, Dep’t. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin
Chapter 15: Angel F. Adames-Corraliza
Chapter 17: Xianyao Chen, Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Chapter 17: Angel F. Adames-Corraliza
Chapter 18: Angel F. Adames-Corraliza
Chapter 19: George Kiladis, Physical Sciences Laboratory NOAA
Chapter 20: George Kiladis
Appendix D: Angel F. Adames-Corraliza
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Table of Contents
Part I: Background
1. Observations and Models
2. Heuristic models of the general circulation
Part II. Balance Requirements for the General Circulation
3. The angular momentum balance
4. Mass balance of atmospheric trace constituents
5. The balance of total energy
6. The mechanical energy cycle
Part III. Dynamics of the Zonal Mean Flow
7. Dynamics of the zonal mean flow
8. Wave-mean-flow interaction
Part IV. The Stratospheric General Circulation
9. The global circulation of the stratosphere
10. Wave-mean flow interaction in the tropical stratosphere
Part V. The Zonally Varying Extratropical Tropospheric Circulation
11. The boreal winter zonally-varying climatology
12. The high frequency extratropical transients
13. Low-frequency extratropical transients
Part VI. The Tropical General Circulation
14. The annual mean circulation of the tropics
15. Deep convection
16. The seasons in the tropics
17. El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
18. Intraseasonal variability of the tropical general circulation
19. Higher frequency tropical weather systems
20. Warm core tropical vortices
21. Diurnal and higher frequency variability of the global circulation
Appendix A. Space and time averaging operations
Appendix B. The zonal momentum balance
Appendix C. Methods of identifying teleconnection patterns
Appendix D. Scaling and application of the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation
Appendix E. Math symbols and abbreviations
Appendix F. Extended figure captions
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