Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling

Roger A Pielke Sr

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9780123852380
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

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. - Broad expansion of the concepts of parameterization and parameterization methodology - Addition of new modeling approaches, including modeling summaries and summaries of data sets - All-new section on dynamic downscaling

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Foreword
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Basic Set of Equations
• Chapter 3: Simplification of the Basic Equations
• Chapter 4: Averaging the Conservation Relations
• Chapter 5: Physical and Analytic Modeling
• Chapter 6: Coordinate Transformations
• Chapter 7: Traditional Parameterizations
• Chapter 8: New Parameterization Approaches
• Chapter 9: Methods of Solution
• Chapter 10: Boundary and Initial Conditions
• Chapter 11: Model Evaluation
• Chapter 12: Mesoscale Modeling and Satellite Simulator
• Chapter 13: Examples of Mesoscale Models
• Chapter 14: Synoptic-Scale Background
• Appendix A: The Solution of Eqs. 9.26 and 9.45
• Appendix B: Model Summaries
• Appendix C: Geolocation of the Satellite Field of View
• References
• Index