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Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability (2003)
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@MISC{Kalnay03atmosphericmodeling,,
author = {Eugenia Kalnay},
title = {Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability},
year = {2003}
}
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Abstract
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) now provides major guidance in our daily weather forecast. The accuracy of NWP models has improved steadily since the first successful experiment made by Charney, Fj!rtoft and von Neuman (1950). During the past 50 years, a large number of technical papers and reports have been devoted to NWP, but the number of textbooks dealing with the subject has been very small, the latest being the 1980 book by Haltiner & Williams, which was dedicated to descriptions of the atmospheric dynamics and numerical methods for atmospheric modeling. However, in the intervening years much impressive progress has been made in all aspects of NWP, including the success in model initialization and ensemble forecasts. Eugenia Kalnay’s recent book covers for the first time in the long history of NWP, 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 NWP, equations of motion and their approximations, a modern description of the methods to determine the initial conditions using weather observations and a clear discussion of chaos in dynamic systems and how these concepts can be
Keyphrases
atmospheric modeling data assimilation dynamic system atmospheric dynamic eugenia kalnay ensemble forecast major guidance large number weather observation impressive progress important related area clear discussion haltiner williams model initialization fj rtoft numerical weather prediction historical overview von neuman first successful experiment initial condition numerical modeling recent book intervening year daily weather forecast numerical method modern description technical paper environmental computer long history first time nwp model
