Coupled climate system models are of central importance for climate
studies. A new model known as FGOALS ( the Flexible Global
Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model), has been developed by the Sate Key
Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (LASG/IAP, CAS), a first-tier national geophysical
laboratory. It serves as a powerful tool, both for deepening our
understanding of fundamental mechanisms of the climate system and for
making decadal prediction and scenario projections of future climate
change. "Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Model: A Modeling
Tool for the Climate Change Research Community" is the first book to
offer systematic evaluations of this model's performance. It is
comprehensive in scope, covering both developmental and
application-oriented aspects of this climate system model. It also
provides an outlook of future development of FGOALS and offers an
overview of how to employ the model. It represents a valuable reference
work for researchers and professionals working within the related areas
of climate variability and change. Prof. Tianjun Zhou, Yongqiang Yu,
Yimin Liu and Bin Wang work at LASG, the Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.