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7 - The Weather Machine

from Flows of Energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2022

Kevin E. Trenberth
Kevin E. Trenberth
Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Summary

In the atmosphere, phenomena and events are loosely divided into the realms of “weather” and “climate.” Climate is usually defined to be average weather and thus is thought of as the prevailing weather, which includes not just average conditions but also the range of variations and extremes. Climate inherently involves variations in which the atmosphere is influenced by and interacts with other parts of the climate system, and the external forcings. The large fluctuations in the atmosphere from hour to hour, or day to day, constitute the weather.

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The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System , pp. 81 - 103
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Covey, C., Gleckler, P. J., Doutriaux, C., et al., 2016: Metrics for the diurnal cycle of precipitation: toward routine benchmarks for climate models, Journal of Climate, 29, 4461–4471. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0664.1.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Trenberth, K. E., 2007: Warmer oceans, stronger hurricanes. Scientific American, July, 45−51.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Trenberth, K. E., and Stepaniak, D. P., 2003a: Co-variability of components of poleward atmospheric energy transports on seasonal and interannual timescales. Journal of Climate, 16, 3691–3705. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016,3691:COCOPA.2.0.CO;2.Google Scholar
Trenberth, K. E., and Stepaniak, D. P., 2003: Seamless poleward atmospheric energy transports and implications for the Hadley circulation. Journal of Climate, 16, 3706–3722. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016,3706: SPAETA.2.0.CO;2.2.0.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Trenberth, K. E. and Zhang, Y., 2018: Near global covariability of hourly precipitation in space and time. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19, 695–713. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-17-0238.1.Google Scholar
Trenberth, K. E., Cheng, L., Jacobs, P., Zhang, Y., and Fasullo, J., 2018: Hurricane Harvey links to ocean heat content. Earth’s Future, 6, 730–744, doi: 10.1029/2018EF000825.Google Scholar

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  • The Weather Machine
  • Kevin E. Trenberth
  • Book: The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System
  • Online publication: 25 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108979030.010
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  • The Weather Machine
  • Kevin E. Trenberth
  • Book: The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System
  • Online publication: 25 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108979030.010
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  • The Weather Machine
  • Kevin E. Trenberth
  • Book: The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System
  • Online publication: 25 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108979030.010
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