Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology
Scientific Research Inspired by Doug Lilly

Leading researchers come together in this 2004 text to survey recent developments in atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology.

Evgeni Fedorovich (Edited by), Richard Rotunno (Edited by), Bjorn Stevens (Edited by)

9780521183925, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 December 2010

300 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.6 cm, 0.48 kg

Review of the hardback: 'In the vast body of literature on special subjects in meteorology this book serves as something like a lighthouse. … not only a valuable contribution to computational fluid dynamics and mesoscale meteorology but also to the recent history of natural sciences. The reviewer can easily agree … that researchers and graduate students will find this book to be an excellent resource summarizing the development of techniques as well as current and future work in the fields of atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Bringing together leading researchers, this 2004 volume surveys numerous developments in the fields of atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology, with particular emphasis on the areas pioneered by Douglas K. Lilly. Numerical simulation is an increasingly important tool for improving our understanding of a wide range of atmospheric phenomena. The first part of this book looks at the development of theoretical and computational analyses of atmospheric turbulent flows, and reviews research advances in this area. Chapters in the second part look at various aspects of mesoscale weather phenomena: from the numerical forecasting of individual thunderstorms to understanding how mountains affect local weather and climate. Researchers and graduate students will find the book to be an excellent resource summarizing the development of techniques as well as current and future work in the fields of atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology.

Introduction Evgeni Fedorovich, Richard Rotunno and Bjorn Stevens
Douglas Lilly: A biography Katharine Kanak, K. Bryan, J. Deardorff, K. Droegemeier, J. Kimpel, P. Lamb, D. Lenschow and J. Smagorinsky
Part I. Atmospheric Turbulence: 1. Changing the face of small-scale meteorology John C. Wyngaard
2. Phenomenological hunts in two-dimensional and stratified turbulence James C. McWilliams
3. Energy dissipation in large eddy simulations: dependence on flow structure and effects of eigenvector alignments Chad Higgins, Charles Meneveau and Marc Parlange
4. Dreams of a stratocumulus sleeper David A. Randall and Wayne H. Schubert
5. Large eddy simulations of cloud-topped mixed layers Chin-Hoh Moeng, Bjorn Stevens and Peter P. Sullivan
Part II. Mesoscale Meteorology: 6. Model numerics for convective storm simulation Joseph B. Klemp and William C. Skamarock
7. Numerical prediction of thunderstorms Juanzhen Sun
8. Tropical cyclone energetics and structure Kerry Emanuel
9. Mountain meteorology and regional climates Ronald B. Smith
10. Dynamical processes contributing to the mesoscale spectrum of atmospheric motions Kenneth S. Gage
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]