The 2005 Blue Book, by sections

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Section #
Section Title
Size (Mb)
# of Pages
0. Front Cover 0.2 2
0. Notes from the Editor
(Jean Côté)
0.15 2
0. Activities of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE)
(Martin Miller, Chairman)
0.23 6
0. Table of Contents 0.48 8
0. Index of Authors 0.55 4
0. Complete Introductory Section 9.20 22
1. Atmospheric data assimilation schemes, analysis and initialization, data impact studies, observing system experiments 5.60 52
2. Data sets, diagnostic and dynamical investigations, statistical post-processing , multi-year reanalyses and associated studies 2.22 18
3. Computational studies including new techniques, the effect of varying model resolution, parallel processing 20.66 30
4. Parameterization of important atmospheric and surface processes, effects of different parameterizations 24.33 34
5. Development of and studies with regional and smaller-scale atmospheric models, regional ensemble forecasting
18.50
30
6. Developments in global forecast models, case studies, predictability investigations, global ensemble, monthly and seasonal forecasting 2.55 14
7. Global and regional climate models, sensitivity and impact experiments, response to external forcing 14.20 38
8. Development of and advances in ocean modelling and data assimilation, sea-ice modelling, wave modelling 6.83 14
9. Development of and studies with coupled ocean-atmosphere models 0.84 8
10. Back Cover 0.02 2
Total 104.95 262