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Weihong Qian

Temporal Climatology and Anomalous Weather Analysis

Springer Atmospheric Sciences

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10176

Weihong Qian

Temporal Climatology and Anomalous Weather Analysis

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Weihong Qian Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences School of Physics, Peking University Beijing China

ISSN 2194-5217 Springer Atmospheric Sciences ISBN 978-981-10-3640-8 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3641-5

ISSN 2194-5225

(electronic)

ISBN 978-981-10-3641-5

(eBook)

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Preface

Weather extremes such as heat waves, cold surges, heavy rains, severe drought and forest wildfire, unusual storm tracks, and tornadoes frequently hit humankind. Climatic anomalies like the Arctic warming and sea ice decline have become a hot topic of climate change in recent years. Can we find early signals or methods to predict these weather extremes? And how can we explain these climatic anomalies? Some questions have been raised by meteorological researchers and weather forecasters. Since more data from satellite observations and mathematical model simulations have become accessible, we feel that atmospheric motion is more complex and full of chaos. We worry about if we are still standing on a mound while more data are filled like a high mountain. We need to stand on a higher platform to inspect the general circulation and anomalous atmospheric motion. Finally, we can physically achieve to build a connection between the surface weather extremes and atmospheric vari