Atmospheric Data Analysis

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-521-45825-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 471 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 874 g

Reihe: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series

Atmospheric analysis is the method of transforming the enormous and scattered database of atmospheric observations into the powerful mathematical and physical tools required to meet the growing demand for atmospheric data. Atmospheric Data Analysis is intended to fill a void in the atmospheric science literature and curricula. The book is self contained, and includes topics important in several other fields outside atmospheric observation, including atmospheric dynamics and statistics. It outlines the physical and mathematical basis of all aspects of atmospheric analysis. The emphasis is on the theoretical foundation of the subject and most of the development is analytic, but many practical considerations and examples are introduced. There are numerous exercises at the end of each chapter to aid the student in comprehending the material.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daley, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Umweltphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Function fitting; 3. The method of successive corrections; 4. Statistical interpolation - univariate; 5. Statistical interpolation - multivariate; 6. The initialisation problem; 7. Quasi-geostrophic constraints; 8. Variational procedures; 9. Normal mode initialisation - theory; 10. Normal mode initialisation - applications; 11. Dynamic initialisation; 12. Continuous data assimilation; 13. Future directions; Appendixes.