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Author: Ian D. Goodwin (Macquarie University and ClimaLab)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 4.50cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 1.630kg
ISBN: 9781108840842
ISBN 10: 1108840841
Pages: 776
Publication Date: 25 September 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Paleoclimatology is a fundamental science for bridging the temporal and spatial gaps in climate observations, a limitation particularly evident in the Southern Hemisphere. Gaining a better understanding of past climate conditions is essential for improving future projections, and doing so requires the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines: meteorology, oceanography, climatology, paleoclimatology, geomorphology, glaciology, and climate modeling. Aimed at researchers and students interested in studying the climate of the past, present, and future, this volume offers an in-depth review of the scientific literature and presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary insights into the workings of the Earth's climate system. It is an essential resource for those seeking to understand and model the complexity of global climate with a comprehensive and inclusive view of phenomena acting at different temporal and spatial scales. The multidisciplinary approach of the topics covered in this book is completely innovative.' Barbara Stenni, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia 'A thorough, well-researched and referenced overview of synoptic climatology, starting with the history of climate understanding, through to contemporary global circulation and climatology, and the evidence and tools used to studying palaeoclimatology, with a view to using this to model future climatology and its impacts. A must for anyone seriously interested in understanding the drivers of our past, present and future climate.' Andrew D. Short, University of Sydney
'Paleoclimatology is a fundamental science for bridging the temporal and spatial gaps in climate observations, a limitation particularly evident in the Southern Hemisphere. Gaining a better understanding of past climate conditions is essential for improving future projections, and doing so requires the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines: meteorology, oceanography, climatology, paleoclimatology, geomorphology, glaciology, and climate modeling. Aimed at researchers and students interested in studying the climate of the past, present, and future, this volume offers an in-depth review of the scientific literature and presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary insights into the workings of the Earth's climate system. It is an essential resource for those seeking to understand and model the complexity of global climate with a comprehensive and inclusive view of phenomena acting at different temporal and spatial scales. The multidisciplinary approach of the topics covered in this book is completely innovative.' Barbara Stenni, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia 'A thorough, well-researched and referenced overview of synoptic climatology, starting with the history of climate understanding, through to contemporary global circulation and climatology, and the evidence and tools used to studying palaeoclimatology, with a view to using this to model future climatology and its impacts. A must for anyone seriously interested in understanding the drivers of our past, present and future climate.' Andrew D. Short, University of Sydney 'The central motivation of this book is to ensure that Southern Hemisphere palaeoclimate archives, ranging from geology to ice cores and coastal records, are fully incorporated into our understanding of the main modes of ocean and atmosphere-circulation and climate evolution. This is achieved through data assimilation and climate models, improving our understanding of future climate states, and underpinning assessments of their impacts. Ian Goodwin is one of very few scientists could knowledgably marshal expertise across such a wide range of disciplines. It is a must-have book for those seeking an in-depth process-based understanding of synoptic palaeoclimatology and our future climate.' Dominic Hodgson, British Antarctic Survey Ian Goodwin's 'Synoptic Paleoclimatology' is a breathtaking and fascinating read, a truly global overview that skillfully combines climatology, oceanography, glaciology and many other geoscientific disciplines in masterly ways to present a comprehensive overview of global synoptic paleoclimatology in all its facets and in the best Humboldtian sense. The specific and refreshing Southern Hemisphere perspective on global circulation, newly and knowledgeably compiled, makes the book a must-read for scientists and students from the Southern Hemisphere and for anyone with a specific research interest in the tropics and the southern latitudes. Also, readers with a specific interest in the interaction of glaciation and synoptic paleoclimatology in the Southern Hemisphere will find this volume a comprehensive and invaluable compendium of the state of the art. Christoph Schneider, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
'Paleoclimatology is a fundamental science for bridging the temporal and spatial gaps in climate observations, a limitation particularly evident in the Southern Hemisphere. Gaining a better understanding of past climate conditions is essential for improving future projections, and doing so requires the integration of knowledge from multiple disciplines: meteorology, oceanography, climatology, paleoclimatology, geomorphology, glaciology, and climate modeling. Aimed at researchers and students interested in studying the climate of the past, present, and future, this volume offers an in-depth review of the scientific literature and presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary insights into the workings of the Earth's climate system. It is an essential resource for those seeking to understand and model the complexity of global climate with a comprehensive and inclusive view of phenomena acting at different temporal and spatial scales. The multidisciplinary approach of the topics covered in this book is completely innovative.' Barbara Stenni, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia 'A thorough, well-researched and referenced overview of synoptic climatology, starting with the history of climate understanding, through to contemporary global circulation and climatology, and the evidence and tools used to studying palaeoclimatology, with a view to using this to model future climatology and its impacts. A must for anyone seriously interested in understanding the drivers of our past, present and future climate.' Andrew D. Short, University of Sydney 'The central motivation of this book is to ensure that Southern Hemisphere palaeoclimate archives, ranging from geology to ice cores and coastal records, are fully incorporated into our understanding of the main modes of ocean and atmosphere-circulation and climate evolution. This is achieved through data assimilation and climate models, improving our understanding of future climate states, and underpinning assessments of their impacts. Ian Goodwin is one of very few scientists could knowledgably marshal expertise across such a wide range of disciplines. It is a must-have book for those seeking an in-depth process-based understanding of synoptic palaeoclimatology and our future climate.' Dominic Hodgson, British Antarctic Survey
Author Information
Ian D. Goodwin is a Principal Scientist at ClimaLab Australia, Associate Professor of Marine Climate at the Macquarie University Marine Research Centre and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute. Dr Goodwin isa specialist in marine and synoptic climatology, paleoclimatology, glaciology and coastal-marine geoscience. He has been at the forefront of the development of weather and climate regime reconstruction in paleoclimatology using the natural archive including ice cores, glaciers, corals and coasts. Atmospheric circulation, wind and wave climate, extreme storms and sea-level studies are central to his research. After a four-decade career, the synoptic paleoclimate approach underpins his research and consulting work in seasonal climate forecasting, climate change impact assessment, marine weather forecasting, coastal and natural disaster risk assessment, metocean studies and weather event reconstruction.
