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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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What Everyone Needs to Know Series |
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What Everyone Needs to Know Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- WEATHER PREDICTION -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Weather and climate -- 1.1 What is the key difference between weather and climate? -- 1.2 Do weather and climate vary spatially and temporally? -- 1.3 Is there a clear separation between weather and climate? -- 1.4 Is weather affected by all (fast and small-scale and slow and large-scale) phenomena? -- 1.5 Which coordinate system is used to study atmospheric and oceanic motions? -- 1.6 What are the key weather variables? -- 1.7 Why does weather change? -- 1.8 How are motions in the atmosphere generated? |
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1.9 Key points discussed in Chapter 1 "Weather and climate" -- 2 The Earth system -- 2.1 What does "Earth system" mean in numerical weather prediction? -- 2.2 What is an accurate and skillful forecast? -- 2.3 What are the key building blocks of an Earth system model? -- 2.4 What are the key processes simulated by an Earth system model? -- 2.5 How is heat transported and exchanged in the Earth system? -- 2.6 Where does the energy that drives the Earth's climate come from? -- 2.7 What are the key similarities and differences of the atmosphere and the ocean? |
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2.8 Key points discussed in Chapter 2 "The Earth system" -- 3 Observing the Earth system -- 3.1 Why do we need observations? -- 3.2 What are the key observation types? -- 3.3 Are observations affected by errors? -- 3.4 How do observation information and errors propagate? -- 3.5 Did COVID-19 affect weather forecast quality? -- 3.6 How do we observe the state of the atmosphere using satellites? -- 3.7 Do we have enough observations to determine the state of the Earth system? -- 3.8 Is it important to observe the whole atmosphere? |
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3.9 Key points discussed in Chapter 3 "Observing the Earth system" -- 4 Modeling the Earth system -- 4.1 From where should we start to model the Earth system? -- 4.2 What are the state variables of a system? -- 4.3 How many variables define the state of the Earth system? -- 4.4 What is an equation? -- 4.5 What are analytical and numerical solutions of an equation? -- 4.6 How do we deduce the equations used to predict the weather and the climate? -- 4.7 What is an example of a set of equations that can predict the weather? -- 4.8 How do we solve the primitive equations? |
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4.9 What is the difference between a prognostic and a diagnostic equation? -- 4.10 Can we use simple models to understand the behavior of complex systems? -- 4.11 Key points discussed in Chapter 4 "Modeling the Earth system" -- 5 Numerical weather prediction -- 5.1 How do we solve numerically the primitive equations? -- 5.2 What are the key steps involved in operational weather prediction? -- 5.3 How do we determine the initial conditions? -- 5.4 What is data assimilation? -- 5.5 Do we need a supercomputer for numerical weather prediction? |
| Summary |
Weather Prediction: What Everyone Needs to Know® introduces readers to the science behind numerical weather prediction and considers its increasing importance. Like the other books in the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, this book is intended for a wide audience, including policy makers, environmentalists, students, scientists in other fields, and the general public interested in weather prediction. Weather Prediction takes readers on a fascinating journey into numerical weather prediction, an activity that has been helping humans to live better |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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5.6 Do we need an Earth system model to predict the weather? |
| Subject |
Weather forecasting -- Popular works
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Weather forecasting -- Miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197652152 |
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0197652158 |
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