Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-521-79629-3
Verlag: Cambridge-Hitachi

Buch, Englisch, 357 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

This comprehensive text and reference work on numerical weather prediction, first published in 2002, covers not only methods for numerical modeling, but also the important related areas of data assimilation and predictability. It incorporates all aspects of environmental computer modeling including an historical overview of the subject, equations of motion and their approximations, a modern and clear description of numerical methods, and the determination of initial conditions using weather observations (an important science known as data assimilation). Finally, this book provides a clear discussion of the problems of predictability and chaos in dynamical systems and how they can be applied to atmospheric and oceanic systems. Professors and students in meteorology, atmospheric science, oceanography, hydrology and environmental science will find much to interest them in this book, which can also form the basis of one or more graduate-level courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kalnay, Eugenia

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Historical overview; 2. The continuous equations; 3. Discretization of the equations; 4. Introduction to the parameterizations of subgrid-scale physical processes; 5. Data assimilation; 6. Atmospheric predictability and ensemble forecasting; References; Appendix A. The early history of numerical weather prediction; Appendix B. List of acronyms; Appendix C. Coding and checking the linear tangent and adjoint models; Appendix D. Post processing of numerical model output to obtain station weather forecasts.

Über Autor(innen)

Kalnay, Eugenia
Eugenia Kalnay was awarded a Ph.D in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971. Following a position as Associate Professor in the same department, she became Chief of the Global Modeling and Simulation Branch at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1983-1987). From 1987 to 1997 she was Director of the Environmental Modeling Center (US National Weather Service) and in 1998 was awarded the Robert E. Lowry endowed chair at the University of Oklahoma. In 1999 she became the Chair of the Department of Meteorology at the University of Maryland. Professor Kalnay is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, is the recipient of two gold medals from the US Department of Commerce and the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, and has received the Jule Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society. The author of more than 100 peer reviewed papers on numerical weather prediction, data assimilation and predictability, Professor Kalnay is a key figure in this field and has pioneered many of the essential techniques.