Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling

by Roger A. Pielke

Overview

The second 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080491820
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	12/11/2001
Series:	International Geophysics , #98
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	676
File size:	19 MB
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Basic Set of Equations3. Simplification of the Basic Equations4. Averaging the Conservation Relations5. Physical and Analytic Modeling6. Coordinate Transformations7. Parameterization-Averaged Subgrid-Scale Fluxes8. Averaged Radiation Flux Divergence9. Parameterization of Moist Thermodynamic Processes10. Methods of Solution11. Boundary and Initial Conditions12. Model Evaluation13. Examples of Mesoscale Models

Editorial Reviews

The second edition of this resource for researchers and practitioners is expanded with the introduction of a new perspective on analyzing meteorological modeling capabilities. Fundamental conservation relations are introduced, equations are averaged to conform to a mesoscale model grid mesh, and types of models are discussed and their advantages and disadvantages are examined with respect to simulation of mesoscale phenomena. A transformation of the equations to a generalized coordinate representation is given, and the parameterizations in a mesoscale model of the planetary boundary layer, electromagnetic radiation, and moist thermodynamics are introduced. Mesoscale models are applied in a variety of studies, including weather prediction, regional and local climate assessments, and air pollution investigations. Problems are new to this edition. Pielke teaches atmospheric science at Colorado State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

"This book is a useful reference for those interested int he application of numerical models as applied to mesoscale phenomena...a worthwhile addition to one's library." —BAMS (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)

"Roger A. Pielke, Sr., has been working at the forefront of mesoscale meteorological research for the past thirty years...I recommend this book to all those interested in mesoscale meteorological modelling." —Dale Hess, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australian Meteorological Magazine, September, 2002

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