Numerical Weather Prediction (Revised Edition)

Author: Shen Tongli
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a systematic textbook on the principles and applications of numerical weather prediction. It has been reviewed and approved by the China Meteorological Administration's Higher Education Textbook Review Committee for University Undergraduate General Textbooks. After revision, the later chapters are also suitable as teaching materials for graduate students. The content of the book mainly includes:
Basics of numerical weather prediction;
Design of numerical weather prediction models;
Types and methods of initial and boundary conditions;
Parameterization of atmospheric boundary layer physical processes and thermodynamic processes;
Basics of numerical simulation of small and medium-scale weather systems;
MM4 and MM5 models for small and medium scales;
China's new generation of numerical prediction models.
This book can be used as a teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students of atmospheric science departments in colleges and universities; it can also be referenced by science and technology workers in meteorological stations and research institutions.