Numerical Methods in Weather Prediction

G Marchuk

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780124706507
• eBook ISBN: 9780323157469
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Meteorology & Climatology

Numerical Methods in Weather Prediction focuses on the numerical methods for solving problems of weather prediction and explains the aspect of the general circulation of the atmosphere. This book explores the development in the science of meteorology, which provides investigators with improved means of studying physical processes by mathematical stimulation. Organized into eight chapters, this book starts with an overview of the significant physical factors that are instrumental in enriching the theoretical models of weather prediction. This text then examines the system of hydrodynamic equations and the equation of heat transfer related to large-scale atmospheric processes. Other chapters consider the quasigeostrophic approximation model, which is the basis for concepts of the dynamics of atmospheric motions and instrumental in establishing the basic features and laws of evolution of meteorological variables as applied to large-scale processes. The final chapter deals with the adjustment of the humidity field. This book is a valuable resource for meteorologists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Numerical Methods in Weather Prediction
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the English Edition
• Preface to the Russian Edition
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Basic Equations of Atmospheric Dynamics
• Chapter 2. The Quasigeostrophic Approximation
• Chapter 3. The Splitting–Up Method
• Chapter 4. The Splitting-Up Method Applied to the Weather Prediction Equations
• Chapter 5. A Weather Prediction Scheme Based on Conservation Laws
• Chapter 6. Humidity Prediction in the Atmosphere
• Chapter 7. The Radiation Field in Weather Prediction
• Chapter 8. Objective Analysis of Meteorological Fields
• References
• Subject Index