Call number:
PIK N 455-11-0203
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Overview and definition of mesoscale meteorology ; 2. Mesoscale classification: their history and their application to forecasting ; 3. Forecast problems: the meteorological and operational factors ; OBSERVING TECHNIQUES AND OBSERVING SYSTEMS ; 4. Atmospheric sounding systems ; 5. Systems for measurements at the surface ; 6. Principles of radar ; 7. The use of satellite data for mesoscale analyses and forecasting applications ; 8. Operational objective analysis techniques and potential applications for mesoscale meteorology ; INTERNALLY GENERATED CIRCULATIONS ; 9. Fronts and jet streaks: a theoretical perspectives ; 10. Atmospheric fronts: an observational perspectives ; 11. Instabilities ; 12. Gravity waves ; 13. Quasi-stationary convective events ; 14. Mesoscale structure of hurricanes ; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS ; 15. Characteristics of isolated convective storms ; 16. Extratropical squall lines and rainbands ; 17. Mesoscale convective complexes in the middle latitudes ; 18. Tornadoes and tornadogenesis ; 19. Upslope precipitation events ; 20. Mountain waves ; 21. Lee cyclogenesis ; 22. Mesoscale circulations forced by differential terrain heating ; 23. The dryline ; MESOSCALE MODELING ; 24. Formulation of numerical models ; 25. Assimilation and initialization of atmospheric data into numerical prediction models ; 26. Averaging and the parameterization of physical processes in mesoscale models ; 27. The general question of predictability ; SHORT-RANGE FORECASTING TECHNIQUES ; 28. Nowcasting mesoscale phenomena ; 29. Short-range forecasting ; 30. An overview of numerical weather prediction ; 31. The use of computers for the display of meteorological information
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XI, 793 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
2. print.
ISBN:
0933876661
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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