List of contributors .......................................... vii
Foreword ..................................................... xiii
Preface ........................................................ xv
1 Introduction ................................................. 1
P. Alpert
2 The Factor Separation Methodology and the fractional
approach ..................................................... 5
T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert
3 Investigation of the Factor Separation features for basic
mathematical functions ...................................... 11
T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert
4 Factor Separation Methodology and paleoclimates ............. 28
A. Berger, M. Claussen, and Q. Yin
5 Meso-meteorology: Factor Separation examples in
atmospheric meso-scale motions .............................. 53
P. Alpert
6 Using the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology for
land-use land-cover change impacts on weather and climate
process with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System ....... 67
A. Beltrán-Przekurat, R.A. Pielke Sr., J.L Eastman,
G.T. Narisma, A.J. Pitman, M. Lei, and D. Niyogi
7 Application of Factor Separation to heavy rainfall and
cyclogenesis: Mediterranean examples ........................ 87
R. Romero
8 Experience in applying the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation
Methodology to assessing urban land-use and aerosol
impacts on precipitation ................................... 120
S.C. van den Heever, C. Rozoff, and W.R. Cotton
9 Free and forced thermocline oscillations in Lake
Tanganyika ................................................. 146
O. Gourgue, E. Deleersnijder, V. Legat, E. Marchal,
and L. White
10 Application of the Factor Separation Methodology to
quantify the effect of waste heat, vapor and pollution on
cumulus convection ......................................... 163
G.W. Reuter
11 The use of the Alpert-Stein Factor Separation Methodology
for climate variable interaction studies in hydrological
land surface models and crop yield models .................. 171
D. Niyogi, R. Mera, Yongkang Xue, G. Wilkerson, and
F. Booker
12 Linear model for the sea breeze ............................ 184
T. Sholokhman and P. Alpert
13 Experience and conclusions from the Alpert-Stein Factor
Separation Methodology: Ensemble data assimilation and
forecasting applications ................................... 196
D. Rostkier-Edelstein and J.P. Hacker
14 Tagging systematic errors arising from different
components of dynamics and physics in forecast models ...... 219
T.N. Krishnamurti and Vinay Kumar
15 Some difficulties and prospects ............................ 237
P. Alpert and T. Sholokhman
16 Summary .................................................... 245
P. Alpert
Appendix: References employing the Alpert-Stein Factor
Separation Methodology .............................. 250
References .................................................... 254
Index ......................................................... 272
The color plates are situated between pages 110 and 111.
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