The 2004 Blue Book, by sections

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Section number Section Title
Size (Mb)
# of Pages
0. Cover page
0.01
2
0. Notes from the Editor
(Jean Côté)
0.02
1
0. Activities of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE)
(Kamal Puri, Chairman)
0.17
11
0. Complete Introductory Section
0.57 24
1. Atmospheric data assimilation schemes, analysis and initialization, data impact studies, observing system experiments 18.9 38
2. Data sets, diagnostic and dynamical investigations, statistical post-processing , multi-year reanalyses and associated studies 16.6 20
3. Computational studies including new techniques, the effect of varying model resolution, parallel processing 13.8 28
4. Parameterization of important atmospheric and surface processes, effects of different parameterizations 15.4 36
5. Development of and studies with regional and smaller-scale atmospheric models, regional ensemble forecasting 30.4 30
6. Developments in global forecast models, case studies, predictability investigations, global ensemble, monthly and seasonal forecasting 14.3 8
7. Global and regional climate models, sensitivity and impact experiments, response to external forcing 32.9 44
8. Development of and advances in ocean modelling and data assimilation, sea-ice modelling, wave modelling 51.3 22
9. Development of and studies with coupled ocean-atmosphere models 5.8 12
Total (sections 00 to 09) 323.9 262