Numerical weather prediction models play an increasingly important role in meteorology, both in short- and medium-range forecasting and global climate change studies. The most important components of any numerical weather prediction model are the subgrid-scale parameterization schemes, and the analysis and understanding of these schemes is a key aspect of numerical weather prediction. This is the first book to provide in-depth explorations of the most commonly used types of parameterization schemes that influence both short-range weather forecasts and global climate models. Several parameterizations are summarized and compared, followed by a discussion of their limitations. Review questions at the end of each chapter enable readers to monitor their understanding of the topics covered, and solutions are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521865401. This will be an essential reference for academic researchers, meteorologists, weather forecasters, and graduate students interested in numerical weather prediction and its use in weather forecasting.
Reference on numerical weather prediction for academic researchers, meteorologists, and graduate students.
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Review of the hardback: ' Stensrud's book is principally a good and well-edited book. It fills a gap as a comparable volume is presently not available on the market. It fits well as a first course to convey the basic ideas and problems one encounters when heading at closing numerical models for subgrid-scale processes. It is well suited to introduce one of the key problems in numerical simulation of geophysical flows. It is probably also a good book for all those who have to deal with large-scale weather forecast and climate models.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift
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Reference on numerical weather prediction for academic researchers, meteorologists, and graduate students.
Preface; List of principal symbols and abbreviations;
1. Why study
parameterization schemes?;
2. Land surface-atmosphere parameterizations;
3.
Soil-vegetation-atmosphere parameterizations;
4. Water-atmosphere
parameterizations;
5. Planetary boundary layer and turbulence
parameterizations;
6. Convective parameterizations;
7. Microphysics
parameterizations;
8. Radiation parameterizations;
9. Cloud cover and cloudy
sky radiation parameterizations;
10. Orographic drag parameterizations;
11.
Thoughts on the future;
12. References; Index.
David Stensrud is a Research Meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norman, Oklahoma. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oklahoma and was Editor or Joint Chief Editor for Weather and Forecasting, a professional journal of the American Meteorological Society, from 1999-2006.
