UID:
almahu_9949697304102882
Format:
1 online resource (347 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-14482-7
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9786611144821
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0-08-051149-X
Series Statement:
International geophysics series ; v. 83
Content:
Meteorology at the Millennium details recent advances in meteorology and explores its interfaces with science, technology, and society. Ways in which modern meteorology is contributing to the developments in other sciences are described, as well as how atmospheric scientists are learning from colleagues in related disciplines.Meteorology at the Millennium will serve as a point of reference for students and researchers of meteorology and climatology for many years to come.The areas covered include weather prediction at the millennium, climate variability and change
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Meteorology at the Millennium; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Part 1. Weather Prediction at the Millennium; Chapter 1. Predicting Uncertainty in Numerical Weather Forecasts; A. INTRODUCTION; B. THE LIOUVILLE EQUATION; C. THE PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION OF MODEL ERROR; D. PROBABILITY FORECASTING BY ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; E. VERIFYING PROBABILITY FORECASTS; F. THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PROBABILITY FORECASTS; G. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Extratropical Cyclones An Historical Perspective; A. INTRODUCTION; B. THE THERMAL THEORY
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C. THE BERGEN SCHOOLD. BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY MODEL; E. POTENTIAL VORTICITY IDEAS; F. PREDICTABILITY, FORECASTING AND OBSERVATIONS; G. THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Numerical Methods for Atmospheric General Circulation Models Refinements or Fundamental Advances?; A. NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; B. CLIMATE MODELS; C. NWP VERSUS CLIMATE MODELLING; D. FUTURE EVOLUTION OF NUMERICS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Mesoscale Mountains and the Larger-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics: A Review; A. INTRODUCTION; B. REGIME DIAGRAM FOR FLOW PAST TOPOGRAPHY; C. INTERACTIONS WITH THE BALANCED LARGER-SCALE DYNAMICS
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D. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ALPINE WAKESE. OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. The Upscale Turbulent Cascade Shear Layers, Cyclones and Gas Giant Bands; A. INTRODUCTION; B. PAIRING IN UNSTRATIFIED SHEAR FLOW; C. PAIRING IN ROTATING STRATIFIED FLOW: SUBSYNOPTIC BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; D. PAIRING IN VORTEX DYNAMICS ON THE SPHERE: ROSSBY-WAVE ARREST OF THE UPSCALE CASCADE AND THE "PARITY" OF GAS GIANT BANDS; E. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Role of Water in Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate; A. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; B. WATER IN ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; C. WATER IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM; D. SUMMARY
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REFERENCESChapter 7. New Observational Technologies Scientific and Societal Impacts; A. INTRODUCTION; B. REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE; C. REMOTE SENSORS AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC IMPACTS; D. SOCIETAL IMPACTS; E. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Turning Dynamical Ideas into Forecast Practice A Proposal for a Renewed Graphical Summary of the Synoptic Scale Situation; A. INTRODUCTION; B. THE EXISTING GRAPHICAL SUMMARY MAP: ITS IMPORTANCE AND ITS PROBLEMS; C. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; D. RATIONALE OF A DYNAMICALLY GROUNDED SYNOPTIC SUMMARY; E. EXAMPLES OF USE OF THE NEW GRAPHICAL FRAMEWORK
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F. POTENTIAL FOR UPGRADINGG. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: THE GRAPHICAL CODE OF ANASYG AND PRESYG; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Weather Forecasting From Woolly Art to Solid Science; A. THE PREHISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC FORECASTING; B. THE BEGINNING OF MODERN NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; C. NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION TODAY; D. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Part 2. Climate Variability and Change; Chapter 10. Problems in Quantifying Natural and Anthropogenic Perturbations to the Earth's Energy Balance; A. INTRODUCTION; B. ESTIMATES OF THE GLOBAL-MEAN RADIATIVE FORCING; C. TIME VARIATION OF RADIATIVE FORCING
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D. DEVELOPMENTS IN STUDIES OF THE INDIRECT AEROSOL EFFECT
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-548035-0
Language:
English
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