Mathematical and Physical Fundamentals of Climate Change

Table of Contents

Preface: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change Research 1. Fourier Analysis 2. Time-Frequency Analysis 3. Filter Design 4. Remote Sensing 5. Basic Probability and Statistics 6. Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOFs) 7. Random Processes and Power Spectra 8. Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) Models 9. Data Assimilation 10. Fluid Dynamics 11. Atmospheric Dynamics 12. Oceanic Dynamics 13. Glaciers and Sea Level Rise 14. Climate and Earth System Models

Authors

Zhihua Zhang Taishan Distinguished Professor, Shandong University, China. Zhihua Zhang is a Taishan distinguished professor and director of climate modeling laboratory in Shandong University, China. His research interests are Mechanisms of Climate Change, Big Data Mining, Carbon Emissions, Climate Policy and Sustainability. Prof. Zhang has published 4 first-authored books and about 50 first-authored papers. He is a Chief Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board Member in several global and regional known journals on Climate Change, Meteorology and Environmental Data. John C. Moore Research Professor, University of Lapland, Finland; Chief Scientist & Research Professor, Beijing Normal University, China. John C. Moore is a Research Professor at Universities of Lapland (Finland) and Uppsala (Sweden), a Chief Scientist & Research Professor, Beijing Normal University (China), Guest professor at Polar Research Institute of China, as well as the Director of Polar Climate and Environment Key Laboratory. John C. Moore has published over 100 papers, where six papers have been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). John C. Moore's research includes climate change; past sea level change and prediction, natural and anthropogenic climate forcing, impacts of extreme climate events, and computer modelling of glacier flow and evolution. John C. Moore was Finnish representative on the International Arctic Science Committee, Glaciology Group. John Moore is the Editor-in-Chief of "American Journal of Climate Change” and an Editorial Board Member of "The Cryosphere”. John C. Moore's research is supported by European Science Foundation, EU Northern Periphery Program, National Key Science Program for Global Change Research (China), Finnish Academy, and NSFC