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Weather Prediction by Numerical Process

By Peter Lynch , Lewis Fry Richardson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521680441, 9780521680448
Open Library ID
OL9484669M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4610212 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Mathematical Library
Edition
2
Pages
250\250
DPI
300
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

The idea of forecasting the weather by calculation was first dreamt of by Lewis Fry Richardson. The first edition of this book, published in 1922, set out 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 edition contains a new foreword by Peter Lynch that sets the original book in context.

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