Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling

For an understanding of how to construct models for weather, climate, the atmosphere and the mesoscale atmosphere

Roger A Pielke Sr (Author)

9780123852373

Hardback, published 6 November 2013

760 pages, 175 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 3.9 cm, 1.45 kg

"I recommend this book to all those interested in mesoscale meteorological modeling" --Dale Hess, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australian Meteorological Magazine, September 2002

The 3rd edition of Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling is a fully revised resource for researchers and practitioners in the growing field of meteorological modeling at the mesoscale. Pielke has enhanced the new edition by quantifying model capability (uncertainty) by a detailed evaluation of the assumptions of parameterization and error propagation. Mesoscale models are applied in a wide variety of studies, including weather prediction, regional and local climate assessments, and air pollution investigations.

1 Introduction2 Basic Set of Equations3 Simplification of the Basic Equations4 Averaging the Conservation Relations5 Physical and Analytic Modeling6 Coordinate Transformations7 Traditional Parameterizations 8 New Parameterization Approaches9 Methods of Solution10 Boundary and Initial Conditions11 Model Evaluation12 Mesoscale Modeling and Satellite Simulator13 Examples of Mesoscale Models14 Synoptic-Scale Background

Subject Areas: Enterprise software [UFL], The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP]