1. Description of the climate system and its components; 2. The energy balance, hydrological and carbon cycles; 3. Modelling the climate system; 4. The response of the climate system to a perturbation; 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms; 6. Future climate changes.
An introductory textbook on all aspects of climate system dynamics and modelling for students, scientists and professionals.
Hugues Goosse is senior research associate with the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS-Belgium) and professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He teaches climate related topics to students from a wide range of backgrounds, including physics, geography, engineering, bioengineering, biology, Earth and environmental sciences, and philosophy. His research is mainly devoted to the development of climate models, model-data comparison and the application of models to study past, current and future climate change, analyzing both natural variability and the response to human-induced perturbations. He is currently editor and former co-chief editor of the journal Climate of the Past. He has contributed to several international programs and assessment reports, in particular to the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
'Hugues Goosse offers a brilliant introduction to climate dynamics
and modelling. This comprehensive overview bridges the gap between
classical, more focused textbooks on individual aspects of the
wide-ranging climate topic, thereby providing an excellent
compendium for advanced undergraduate and early masters students in
the field of climate science.' Martin Claussen, Max Planck
Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg
'This is an outstanding new textbook - a superb introduction to
climate dynamics and climate systems modelling. The book is
tailored masterfully to suit commencing graduate students, spanning
all components of Earth's climate, and including a comprehensive
glossary and exercises. It is also an ideal reference book for
all undergraduates whose degrees require a fundamental knowledge
of climate system dynamics. The book is also
an outstanding teaching resource - I highly recommend it
to all practitioners.' Matthew England, Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Science, University of New South Wales
'Climate System Dynamics and Modelling is a broad,
graduate/advanced undergraduate level, introduction to the climate
system. It covers important processes and drivers of the climate
system. It also provides a nice description of modelling the
climate system, forcing and feedbacks. It fills a gap between those
books that focus on detailed geophysical fluid dynamics and a
descriptive discussion of the climate system. Goosse's book covers
a broad range of topics including a detailed description of how
orbital changes affect Earth's climate, how to use climate models
and key ideas such as radiative forcing and climate feedbacks. As
expected, given Goose's interests, changes in Earth's climate on
timescales from its formation, the last one thousand years and the
near future are all covered. He also discusses how past climates
can be inferred from proxies. I like the book for its broad
coverage, accessible style and review exercises at the end of each
chapter. Students using it as a textbook would need some
mathematical skill.' Simon Tett, University of Edinburgh
'This is exactly the book I wish I had when I started to study
climate change! The book is well illustrated and written in a
language clear enough for non-specialists to understand the
dynamics of the climate system, but also provides clues on
numerical approaches and references useful to specialists. The book
offers a comprehensive view of the forcing and mechanisms driving
the climate, the Earth's energy budget, and the global hydrological
and carbon cycles. It guides the reader towards modelling as a tool
for understanding climate change, in response to external forcing
or internal dynamics. It also gives an excellent overview of the
state-of-the-art knowledge on climate change from the formation of
the Earth to the last centuries. Furthermore, it proposes a
critical view on anticipated changes in climate, ice and ocean in
the near- to long-term future. Beyond its scientific content, the
book is written in such a way that it is ideal as handbook for
undergraduate and graduate classes in the Earth sciences. In brief,
Climate System Dynamics and Modelling by Hugues Goosse is a
remarkable work that will serve as a reference for years!' Anne de
Vernal, Université du Québec, Montréal
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