The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction:
Richardson's Dream

Peter Lynch, University College Dublin

Cambridge University Press

Hardback.  (ISBN-13: 9780521857291 | ISBN-10: 0521857295)

Contents

First and Last Chapters available without password.

• Front matter

1. Weather and prediction by numerical process [NO PASSWORD REQUIRED]
2. The fundamental equations
3. The oscillations of the atmosphere
4. The barotropic forecast
5. The solution algorithm
6. Observations and inital fields
7. Richardson's forecast
8. Balance and initialization
9. Smoothing the forecast
10. The ENIAC integrations
11. Numerical weather prediction today
12. Fulfilment of the dream [NO PASSWORD REQUIRED]

• Appendix 1. Table of notation
• Appendix 2. Milestones in Richardson's life and career
• Appendix 3.Laplace tidal equations: separation of variables
• Appendix 4. Richardson's forecast-factory: the $64,000 question
• References
• Index