Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction
Cambridge University Press, 12/2/2010
EAN 9780521513890, ISBN10: 0521513898
Hardcover, 548 pages, 24.6 x 19 x 3.3 cm
Language: English
This textbook provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of weather and climate prediction, for graduate students, researchers and professionals. It teaches the strengths, weaknesses and best practices for the use of atmospheric models. It is ideal for the many scientists who use such models across a wide variety of applications. The book describes the different numerical methods, data assimilation, ensemble methods, predictability, land-surface modeling, climate modeling and downscaling, computational fluid-dynamics models, experimental designs in model-based research, verification methods, operational prediction, and special applications such as air-quality modeling and flood prediction. This volume will satisfy everyone who needs to know about atmospheric modeling for use in research or operations. It is ideal both as a textbook for a course on weather and climate prediction and as a reference text for researchers and professionals from a range of backgrounds: atmospheric science, meteorology, climatology, environmental science, geography, and geophysical fluid mechanics/dynamics.
Preface
List of acronyms
List of symbols
1. Introduction
2. The governing systems of equations
3. Numerical solutions to the equations
4. Physical-process parameterizations
5. Modeling surface processes
6. Model initialization
7. Ensemble methods
8. Predictability
9. Verification methods
10. Experimental design in model-based research
11. Techniques for analyzing model output
12. Operational numerical weather prediction
13. Statistical post processing of model output
14. Coupled special-applications models
15. Computational fluid-dynamics models
16. Climate modeling and downscaling
Appendix. Suggested code structure and experiments for a simple shallow-fluid model
References
Index.
Advance praise: 'Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction is an excellent book for those who want a comprehensive introduction to numerical modeling of the atmosphere and Earth system, whether their interest is in weather forecasting, climate modeling, or many other applications of numerical models. The book is comprehensive, well written, and contains clear and informative illustrations.' Dr Richard A. Anthes, President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder