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The second edition of Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling is a fully revised resource for researchers and practitioners in the growing field of meteorological modeling at the mesoscale. Pielke has enhanced the new edition by quantifying model capability (uncertainty) by a detailed evaluation of the a
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. Basic Set of Equations 3. Simplification of the Basic Equations 4. Averaging the Conservation Relations 5. Physical and Analytic Modeling 6. Coordinate Transformations 7. Parameterization-Averaged Subgrid-Scale Fluxes 8. Averaged Radiation Flux Divergence 9. Parameterization of Moist Thermodynamic Processes 10. Methods of Solution 11. Boundary and Initial Conditions 12. Model Evaluation 13. Examples of Mesoscale Models
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"This book is a useful reference for those interested int he application of numerical models as applied to mesoscale phenomena...a worthwhile addition to one's library." --BAMS (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
"Roger A. Pielke, Sr., has been working at the forefront of mesoscale meteorological research for the past thirty years...I recommend this book to all those interested in mesoscale meteorological modelling." --Dale Hess, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australian Meteorological Magazine, September, 2002
