General circulation models (GCMs), which define the fundamental dynamics
of atmospheric circulation, are nowadays used in various fields of
atmospheric science such as weather forecasting, climate predictions and
environmental estimations. The Second Edition of this renowned work has
been updated to include recent progress of high resolution global
modeling. It also contains for the first time aspects of high-resolution
global non-hydrostatic models that the author has been studying since
the publication of the first edition. Some highlighted results from the
Non-hydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM) are also included.
The author outlines the theoretical concepts, simple models and
numerical methods for modeling the general circulation of the
atmosphere. Concentrating on the physical mechanisms responsible for the
development of large-scale circulation of the atmosphere, the book
offers comprehensive coverage of an important and rapidly developing
technique used in the atmospheric science. Dynamic interpretations of
the atmospheric structure and their aspects in the general circulation
model are described step by step.