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| List of contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| List of abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The climate system | |
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| Patterns, processes, and teleconnections | |
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| Essay: Problem climates or problem societies? (Glantz) | |
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| Examples of general climate websites | |
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| References | |
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| Oscillations and teleconnections | |
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| History and definitions | |
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| The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) | |
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| The North Pacific Oscillation (NPO)/Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) | |
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| The Pacific North American Oscillation (PNA) | |
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| The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) | |
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| The Quasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO) | |
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| The Arctic Oscillation (AO) and the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) | |
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| Essay: ENSO and related teleconnections (Allan) | |
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| Examples of oscillations and teleconnections websites | |
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| References | |
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| Tropical climates | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The climate controls | |
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| Essay: The Quasi-biennial Oscillation and tropical climate variations (Cerveny) | |
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| Human activities and problem climates in the tropics | |
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| Essay: Remote sensing of Amazonia deforestation and vegetation regrowth: inputs to climate change research (Mausel, Lu and Dias) | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Examples of tropical climates websites | |
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| References | |
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| Middle-latitude climates | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Data availability | |
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| Essay: Reanalysis (Giles) | |
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| Using reanalysis | |
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| The Northern Hemisphere | |
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| Mid-latitude circulation and teleconnections in the Southern Hemisphere | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Examples of mid-latitude websites | |
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| References | |
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| Climate of the polar realms | |
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| Introduction (Wendler) | |
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| Essay: Antarctic climate (Wendler) | |
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| Upper air circulation and wind | |
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| Surface pressure variations | |
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| Cyclogenesis and cyclonicity | |
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| Antarctic climate and ENSO | |
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| Polar night jet and stratospheric ozone depletion | |
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| Essay: Arctic Climate (Wendler) | |
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| Arctic general circulation | |
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| Surface pressure and wind | |
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| Extra-tropical cyclones | |
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| Polar night jet and stratospheric ozone depeletion | |
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| Concerns about future warming | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Examples of polar websites | |
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| References | |
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| Post-glacial climatic change and variability | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Determining past climate through the use of proxies | |
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| Essay: Post-glacial climates in the Northern Hemisphere (Zielinski) | |
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| Southern Hemisphere climate reconstructions | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Examples of paleoclimate websites | |
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| References | |
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| Urban impacts on climate | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Highlights in the history of urban climate research | |
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| Essay: Variability of urban climates (Grimmond) | |
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| Wind, cloud cover, and pressure | |
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| Urban canyons | |
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| Moisture and precipitation | |
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| Effects of air pollution | |
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| Remote sensing and the UHI | |
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| Mitigation of the UHI | |
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| Chapter summary | |
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| Examples of urban websites | |
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| References | |
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| Human response to climate change | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Viking settlements in Greenland, AD 800-1450 | |
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| Climate change and adaptation in Europe during the Little Ice Age | |
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| Essay: Economic impacts of climate conditions in the United States (Changnon) | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Examples of climate and history websites | |
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| References | |
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| Essay: Model interpretation of climate signals: an application to Asian monsoon climate (Lau) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A climate model primer | |
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| Modeling the Asian monsoon climate | |
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| Future challenges | |
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| Acknowledgement | |
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| Examples of climate modeling websites | |
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| References | |
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| Conclusions and the future of climate research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the global climate system | |
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| The importance of communication | |
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| References | |
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| Other books on climatology and the climate system | |
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| Index | |