Mesoscale Dynamics

Mesoscale dynamics for graduate students and researchers in meteorology and atmospheric science.

Yuh-Lang Lin (Author)

9780521808750, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 2007

646 pages
25.8 x 17.7 x 3.2 cm, 1.412 kg

'Lin's book is well-suited for graduate students in meteorology and related disciplines.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Mesoscale weather systems are responsible for numerous natural disasters, such as damaging winds, blizzards and flash flooding. A fundamental understanding of the underlying dynamics involved in these weather systems is essential in forecasting their occurrence. This 2007 book provides a systematic approach to this subject. The opening chapters introduce the basic equations governing mesoscale weather systems and their approximations. The subsequent chapters cover four major areas of mesoscale dynamics: wave dynamics, moist convection, front dynamics and mesoscale modelling. This is an ideal book on the subject for researchers in meteorology and atmospheric science. With over 100 problems, and password-protected solutions available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521808750, this book could also serve as a textbook for graduate students. Modelling projects, providing hands-on practice for building simple models of stratified fluid flow from a one-dimensional advection equation, are also described.

Preface
1. Overview
2. Governing equations for mesoscale motions
3. Basic wave dynamics
4. Mesoscale wave generation and maintenance
5. Orographically forced flows
6. Thermally forced flows
7. Mesoscale instabilities
8. Isolated convective storms
9. Mesoscale convective systems
10. Dynamics of fronts and jet streaks
11. Dynamics of orographic precipitation
12. Basic numerical methods
13. Numerical modeling of geophysical fluid systems
14. Parameterization of physical processes
Appendices
Index.

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