1. Overview of climate variability and climate science; 2. Basics of global climate; 3. Physical processes in the climate system; 4. El Niño and year-to-year climate prediction; 5. Climate models; 6. The greenhouse effect and climate feedbacks; 7. Climate model scenarios for global warming; References; Index.
Provides students with a solid foundation in climate science, to help understand global warming, natural climate variations, and climate models.
J. David Neelin is a professor and chair of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and member of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published over 100 scientific papers, including contributions to understanding and predictability of the El Niño Southern oscillation phenomenon, decadal variability, vegetation interaction with climate variability, how rainfall interacts with natural climate variability and anthropogenic change and methods of improving representation of rainfall processes in climate models. He has taught courses in climate science from introductory undergraduate to advanced graduate level. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Royal Meteorological Society and the American Meteorological Society, and the recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, and the American Meteorological Society Meisinger Award.
'This is a timely and important book that lucidly and engagingly
covers topics related to climate change, topics that currently
receive enormous attention and that unfortunately cause
polarization.' S. George Philander, Princeton University
'David Neelin's book is a very valuable and accessible textbook for
students of climate science, and all those with an interest in
climate modeling. It is a thorough and highly readable book that
neatly spans the gap between general interest climate change texts
and higher-level books for specialists.' Drew Shindell, NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
'This book presents the diverse subjects of climate modeling and
climate variability in a way that is clear and understandable to
students from different backgrounds. The author is a world-famous
climate scientist who has been highly successful both in research
and teaching, covering all of the theoretical, modeling and data
analysis aspects of climate science. The book is based on a course
he has been teaching at UCLA for many years, which has been
extremely popular and highly valued by students from a variety of
disciplines. I am sure that the book will soon become the standard
textbook on climate modeling and climate change.' Akio Arakawa,
University of California, Los Angeles
'With the looming prospect of serious climate change at hand, it is
ever more important to interest the best and brightest minds in the
challenging problems of climate science. But those of us who teach
climate science have been handicapped by the lack of a
comprehensive and engaging text. With his masterful Climate Change
and Climate Modeling, David Neelin has answered our prayers.' Kerry
A. Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
'… a positive addition to the library shelf … well written, clear
and accessible …' Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union
'… well written and demonstrates the ability of the author to
explain a wide range of concepts … a welcome addition to the set of
introductory climate science books and should be especially
valuable for students …' Paul A. O'Gorman, Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society
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