Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability

by Eugenia Kalnay

This comprehensive text and reference work on numerical weather prediction covers for the first time, not only methods for numerical modeling, but also the important related areas of data assimilation and predictability. It incorporates all aspects of environmental computer modeling including an historical overview of the subject, equations of motion and their approximations, a modern and clear description of numerical methods, and the determination of initial conditions using weather observations (an important new science known as data assimilation).

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

364 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 2002

Reviews

[walter]

My NWP professor said there was no good introductory text modern enough to be useful. I think my professor was jealous; this book is a great way of getting up to speed for anyone in the field.