Meteorology and Climate of the Southern Hemisphere

This book brings together insights from over a hundred experts in meteorology and climatology to expand existing knowledge of climate variability across various timescales and weather patterns in South America, Africa, Australasia and Antarctica. It describes the atmospheric circulation in the tropics and southern extratropics and puts into perspective its northern counterpart. The discovery of different types of El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole and trends in the Southern Annular Mode are a few examples of phenomena discussed. The book also examines the role of the oceans in the climate, highlights the impact of extreme events and observed changes, explores future projections in a warming world, and discusses the current state and challenges of climate modelling. This book will be a key resource for researchers and graduate students in meteorology, atmospheric science and climatology, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

List of contents

Foreword David Karoly; Preface Andréa S. Taschetto, Thando Ndarana and Tercio Ambrizzi; Acknowledgments; 1. General Circulation and Climate Dynamics of the Southern Hemisphere Troposphere Theodore G. Shepherd, Julia Mindlin, Rondrotiana Barimalala, Rishav Goyal, Masilin Gudoshava, Shipra Jain, Sugata Narsey and Henri Pinheiro; 2. The Stratosphere in the Southern Hemisphere Darryn W. Waugh, Amy H. Butler and Laura E. Revell; 3. Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling in the Southern Hemisphere Martin Jucker, Paulo Ceppi, Daniela I. V. Domeisen, Chaim I. Garfinkel, Edwin P. Gerber, Eun-Pa Lim and Andrew Marshall; 4. Role of the Oceans in Southern Hemisphere Climate Agus Santoso, Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang, Alex Sen Gupta, Regina R. Rodrigues and Andréa S. Taschetto; 5. Meteorology and Climate of the Tropics in the Southern Hemisphere Claire L. Vincent, Matthew C. Wheeler, Hamish Ramsay, Siswanto, Sopia Lestari, Shuichi Mori Liesl Dyson and Maria Assuncao F. Silva Dias; 6. Meteorology of the Southern Hemisphere Extratropics James S. Risbey, Michael A. Barnes, Didier P. Monselesan, Marisol Osman, Teresa J. Parker, Michael J. Pook and Carly R. Tozer; 7. Meteorology and Climate of Antarctica Kyle R. Clem, Samuel Batzli, Deniz Bozkurt, David Bromwich, John Cassano, Mckenzie Dice, Andrew Elvidge, Ryan Fogt, Irina Gorodetskaya, Rishav Goyal, Marwan Katurji, Linda Keller, John King, Matthew Lazzara, David Mikolajczyk, Taylor Norton, Penny Rowe, Sheng-Hung Wang, Michiel Van den Broeke and Xun Zou; 8. Meteorology and Climate of South America and Surrounding Oceans Michelle Simões Reboita, Anita Drumond, Glauber Ferreira, Márcia T. Zilli, Natália Machado Crespo, Regina R. Rodrigues, Rosmeri Porfírio da Rocha and Tercio Ambrizzi; 9. Meteorology and Climate of the African Region South of the Equator Hector Chikoore, Chris J. C. Reason, Mary-Jane M. Bopape, Rondrotiana Barimalala, Neil C. G. Hart, Francois A. Engelbrecht, Vincent O. Otieno, Patience Mulovhedzi, Wilfried Pokam and Thando Ndarana; 10. Meteorology and Climate of Australasia and Pacific Islands Josephine R. Brown, Savin Chand, Kyle R. Clem, Andrew D. King, Daniel Kingston, Sugata Narsey, Acacia Pepler, James Renwick, Awnesh Singh and Andréa S. Taschetto; 11. Interannual and Intraseasonal Variability in the Southern Hemisphere Christine T. Y. Chung, Ghyslaine Boschat, Tim Cowan, Ariaan Purich, Chris Reason, Ian Simmonds and Carolina Vera; 12. Climate Change and Low-Frequency Climate Variabilityn Julie M. Arblaster, Cristiano M. Chiessi, Zoe E. Gillett, Daniel P. Lowry and Gerald A. Meehl; 13 Climate Modelling Challenges and Prospects in the Southern Hemisphere Babatunde J. Abiodun, Izidine Pinto, Dáithí A. Stone, Sabina Abba Omar, Mary-Jane Bopape, Silvina Solman, Arlindo Meque, Molulaqhooa L. Maoyi, Chris Lennard, Jason P. Evans, Asmerom F. Beraki, Akintunde Makinde, Willem Stefaan Conradie and Paige Donkin; Glossary; Acronyms; Index.

About the author

Andréa S. Taschetto is Associate Professor in the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also a researcher at the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence for Climate Extremes and the Weather of the 21st Century, and the Climate Systems Hub of the National Environmental Science Program (NESP). Her research investigates the mechanisms by which the oceans affect global and regional climate, including the impacts associated with the different types of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the atmospheric circulation and extremes such as droughts and floods. Andréa was awarded the Dorothy Hill Award from the Australian Academy of Science in 2016 for her contribution to the climate science field. She is currently a co-chair of the CLIVAR Pacific Regional Panel and a member of the Tropical Basin Interactions Research Foci. She is an editor for Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science.Thando Ndarana is Associate Professor in meteorology in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His main research is on weather systems dynamics, extreme weather predictability, and the impact of stratospheric ozone depletion on surface climate. Thando is a member of the World Weather Research Programme's (WWRP) Working Group on Predictability, Dynamics and Ensemble Forecasting (PDEF), the International Commission on Dynamic Meteorology (ICDM), and the International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA). Both ICDM and ICMA are commissions with the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences.Tercio Ambrizzi is Full Professor and the Director of the Institute of Energy and Environment at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He is the coordinator of the Climate Crisis and Disasters Resilience Research Centre at USP. He is a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He works in atmospheric sciences, with an emphasis on dynamic meteorology, numerical modelling, and climate change. He has published hundreds of articles in specialised journals and dozens of book chapters and has supervised PhD, Master's, and postdoctoral studies. For many years, he was a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).

Product details

• Authors: Andrea S. (University of New South Wale Taschetto
• Assisted by: Tercio Ambrizzi (Editor), Thando Ndarana (Editor), Andréa S. Taschetto (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.01.2026
• EAN: 9781009352673
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935267-3
• No. of pages: 586
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Climate Change, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Meteorology & climatology, Weather, Weather and climate: general interest, Meteorology, Climatology and climate modelling