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WEATHER PREDICTION BY NUMERICAL PROCESS
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| By: |
Lewis Fry Richardson, Peter Lynch (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£135.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511618298 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511618291 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 July, 2010 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Cambridge Mathematical Library |
| Description: |
New edition of a classic book which was the first comprehensive description of numerical weather prediction. |
| Synopsis: |
The idea of forecasting the weather by calculation was first dreamt of by Lewis Fry Richardson. He set out in this book a detailed algorithm for systematic numerical weather prediction. The method of computing atmospheric changes, which he mapped out in great detail in this book, is essentially the method used today. He was greatly ahead of his time because, before his ideas could bear fruit, advances in four critical areas were needed: better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere; stable computational algorithms to integrate the equations; regular observations of the free atmosphere; and powerful automatic computer equipment. Over the ensuing years, progress in numerical weather prediction has been dramatic. Weather prediction and climate modelling have now reached a high level of sophistication, and are witness to the influence of Richardson's ideas. This new edition contains a new foreword by Peter Lynch that sets the original book in context. |
| Illustrations: |
11 b/w illus. 4 maps 58 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |