Modern Climatology

00 preface_Modern Climatology......Page 1
Part 1_Synoptic Climatology......Page 13
01 Southern Hemisphere Tropical\rCyclone Climatology......Page 15
02 Indian Monsoon Depression:\rClimatology and Variability......Page 57
03 Characteristics of the Quasi-16 Day Wave\rin the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere\r(MLT): A Review Over an Equatorial Station\rThumba (8.5oN, 76.5oE)......Page 85
04 Thunderstorm and Lightning\rClimatology of Australia......Page 97
Part 2_Regional Climatology......Page 133
05 The South American Monsoon System:\rClimatology and Variability......Page 135
06 Climatology of the U.S. Inter-Mountain West......Page 165
07 Climatology of the Northern-Central\rAdriatic Sea......Page 189
08 Spatial and Temporal Variability of Sea Surface\rTemperature in the Yellow Sea and East China\rSea over the Past 141 Years......Page 225
Part 3_The Changing Climate......Page 247
09 Paleotempestology: Reconstructing Atlantic\rTropical Cyclone Tracks in the Pre-HURDAT Era......Page 249
10 Cenozoic Climatic Record for Monsoonal\rRainfall over the Indian Region......Page 269
11 Climate Change:\rIs It More Predictable Than We Think?......Page 301
Part 4_Applied Climatology......Page 321
12 On the Relationship Between Boundary Layer\rConvergence and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning......Page 323
13 Synthesizing High-Resolution Climatological\rWind Fields with a Mesoscale Atmospheric\rBoundary Layer Model Forced with Local\rWeather Observations......Page 339
14 Rainfall Prediction Using Teleconnection\rPatterns Through the Application of\rArtificial Neural Networks......Page 373