Fundamentals of numerical weather prediction /
"Numerical models have become essential tools in environmental science, particularly in weather forecasting and climate prediction. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the techniques used in these fields, with emphasis on the design of the most recent numerical models of the atmosphe...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword to the French edition; Foreword to the English edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of symbols
- Half a century of numerical weather prediction
- Weather prediction equations
- Finite differences
- Spectral methods
- The effects of discretization
- Barotropic models
- Baroclinic model equations
- Some baroclinic models
- Physical parameterizations
- Operational forecasting
- Appendix A. Examples of non-hydrostatic models; Further reading; References; Index.