Weather Prediction by Numerical Process / Edition 2

by Lewis Fry Richardson, Peter Lynch

Overview

New edition of a classic book which was the first comprehensive description of numerical weather prediction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521680448
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/13/2007
Series:	Cambridge Mathematical Library Series
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.72(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Peter Lynch is Met Éireann Professor of Meteorology at University College Dublin and Director of the UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre.

Table of Contents

Foreword; 1. Summary; 2. Introductory example; 3. The choice of cooordinate differences; 4. The fundamental equations; 5. Finding the vertical velocity; 6. Special treatment for the stratosphere; 7. The arrangement of points and instants; 8. Review of operations in sequence; 9. An example worked on computing forms; 10. Smoothing the initial data; 11. Some remaining problems; 12. Units and notation; Index of persons; Index of subsidiary subjects.

Editorial Reviews

'The book can be warmly recommended to people interested in the history of meteorology as well as to those who want to have a more or less complete record on numerical weather prediction techniques on their bookshelf.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

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