About the Authors |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Section I: Building Blocks of Meteorology (3000 BC-AD 1950) |
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1 Ancient Civilizations, Philosophical Theories, and Folklore (3000 BC-AD 1400) |
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1.3 Aristotle and Meteorologica |
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1.4 Theophrastus and the Book of Signs |
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1.5 Ibn Wahshiyya and Nabataean Agriculture |
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1.6 William of Ockham and Nominalism |
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1.7 Religion, Folklore, and Animals |
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2 Inventions of Weather Instruments (1400-1800) |
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3 The Birth of Modern Meteorology (1800-1950) |
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3.3 Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson |
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3.4 Weather Balloons/Radiosondes |
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3.4.1 Barothermograph/Barothermohygrograph |
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3.5 Birth of Governmental Weather Departments |
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3.6 Numerical Weather Prediction |
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3.9 Extreme Weather Forecasting: 'Nowcasting' |
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Section II: The Early Television, Computer, Satellite, and Radar Era (1950-1980) |
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4 Television and the First Computerized Advancements |
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4.1 Television in the Household |
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4.2 Television Weather Forecasting of the 1950s |
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4.3 Television Weather Forecasting of the 1960s and 1970s |
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4.4 The Beginning of Computers and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
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4.5 Computers and NWP in the Met Office |
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4.6 Computers and NWP Worldwide |
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4.7 The 1970s and Its Lasting Influences on Forecasting |
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5 Radar and Satellite History |
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5.1 Invention of the Radar |
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5.2 Development of Weather Radar |
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5.3 Invention of the Satellite |
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5.5 Development of Weather Satellites |
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Section III: Modern-Day Technologies, Advancements, and Social Media Impacts (1980-2013) |
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6 Personal Technology Boom |
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6.1.1 The Weather Channel |
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6.3 The Internet and Meteorology |
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6.4 Cellphones and Social Media |
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7.1 The Great Storm of 1987 |
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7.2 Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones |
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7.2.2 Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy |
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7.2.3 The Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970 |
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7.3.2 Advanced Warnings for Tornado Activity |
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7.4 Floods, Droughts, and Wildfires |
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8 The Rise of Modern Computer Models |
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8.1 European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) |
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8.1.1 General Circulation Model |
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8.1.3 Data Assimilation System |
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8.1.4 Ensemble Prediction System (EPS) |
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8.1.5 Monthly and Seasonal Forecasting System |
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8.2.1 Global Forecasting System (GFS) |
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8.2.2 Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) |
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8.2.3 North American Model (NAM) |
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8.3 Specific Use Forecasting Models |
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8.4 Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) |
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8.5 Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS) |
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8.6 Main Model Biases and Various Characteristics |
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8.6.1 UKMET Characteristics |
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8.6.2 ECMWF Characteristics |
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8.6.3 NAM Characteristics |
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8.6.4 GFS Characteristics |
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8.6.5 Ensemble Characteristics |
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9 Advancements within the Nationalized Governmental Weather Departments |
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9.1 The National Weather Service |
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9.1.1 Automated Surface Observing System |
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9.1.2 Next Generation Weather Radar |
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9.1.4 Advanced Computer Systems |
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9.1.5 Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
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9.1.6 Further Advancements |
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9.2.1 The Met Office around the World |
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9.2.2 Public Weather Service |
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9.3 Advancements across the World |
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9.3.1 Korea Meteorological Administration |
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9.3.2 Japan Meteorological Agency |
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9.3.3 South African Weather Service |
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9.3.4 Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology |
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9.3.5 China Meteorological Administration |
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9.3.6 Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia |
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9.4.2 Radar in the United States |
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9.4.3 Radar in Asia and Australia |
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9.5 New Satellite Developments |
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9.5.1 United States' GOES and TIROS Satellites |
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9.5.4 United States' LANDSAT |
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9.5.6 Japan's GMS and MTSAT |
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10 Meteorological Agencies at the Global and Private Level |
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10.1 World Government Agencies |
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10.2 Operations of World Organizations |
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10.4 What a Private-Sector Weather Business Entails |
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10.5 Government vs. Private Sector |
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10.6 The Lesser-Known Services of the Private Sector |
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10.6.2 Weather Technology |
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Section IV: Current and Future Ideologies of Climate Change and Meteorological Processes |
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11.2 Earth's Lifetime Fluctuations |
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11.3.7 Climate Data Limitations |
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11.4 Permafrost and Climate Change |
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11.6 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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11.6.1 The Copenhagen Diagnosis |
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11.6.2 The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Overview |
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12.1 Current Climate and Weather Trends |
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12.1.1 Global Temperature Anomalies |
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12.2 Classifying Extreme Weather |
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12.2.3 Climate Extremes Index |
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12.2.4 Using the Past for Today |
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12.3 Extreme Weather Influences |
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12.3.3 The Hydrologic Cycle |
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12.3.4 Ocean and Tidal Cycles |
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12.3.5 Ocean Current Change |
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12.4 Is Extreme Weather on the Rise? |
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12.4.1 Is Climate Change Influencing Extreme Weather? |
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12.5 Weather Pattern Predictions |
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12.5.1 Possible Future Weather Patterns for a Warming Climate |
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12.5.2 Possible Future Weather Patterns for a Cooling Climate |
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12.5.4 Jet Stream Positioning |
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12.5.5 El Nino and La Nina |
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12.5.6 Extreme Tropical Cyclones |
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12.5.8 Extreme and Unlikely Snowfalls |
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13 Additional Meteorological Impacts |
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13.1.1 Space Weather and Technology |
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13.1.2 Solar Flares and Wind |
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13.2 Earthquakes and the Effect on Climate Change |
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13.3 Weather and the Effects on the Human Body |
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Section V: The Future Direction of Meteorology |
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14.1 Tropical Cyclone Technology |
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14.1.1 Tropical Cyclone Hunter Technology |
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14.1.2 Sea Foam Detection |
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14.1.5 Data Initialization |
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14.1.6 Tropical Cyclone Modeling |
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14.2.1 Coastal Flood Risk |
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14.2.2 Coastal Flooding Technology and Preparedness |
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14.3.1 Forecasting and Nowcasting |
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14.3.2 Nowcasting Precipitation |
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14.3.3 Nowcasting Tornadoes |
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14.3.5 High-Resolution Models |
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14.4 Enhancements to Radar, Satellite, and Model Output of Supercomputers |
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14.4.1 Radar Enhancements |
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14.4.2 Satellite Enhancements |
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14.4.3 Improving Model Output Data |
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14.5 Long-Range Forecasting |
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14.6 Various Planned Advancements |
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14.6.2 Smartphone Measurements |
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14.6.4 Weather Modification |
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15.1 Overall Global Forecasting |
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15.2 Global Networking in Meteorology |
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15.3.1 Global Disaster Management Technology |
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15.3.2 Weather-Related Insurance |
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15.4 Global Radar and Satellite Cooperation |
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15.4.1 Global Radar Effort |
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15.4.2 Global Satellite Effort |
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15.5 Global Data-Processing and Forecasting Systems |
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15.5.2 Global Supercomputers |
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15.6 Global Response to Climate Change |
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Book Summary |
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Appendix Figures A-H |
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