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Record Nr.

UNISA996418191503316

Titolo

Modal view of atmospheric variability : applications of normal-mode function decomposition in weather and climate research / / Nedjeljka Zagar, Joseph Tribbia, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-60963-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 318 p. 114 illus., 50 illus. in color.)

Collana

Mathematics of planet Earth ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

551.63

Soggetti

Weather forecasting - Mathematical models

Atmospheric science

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

3D Normal Mode Functions (NMFs) Of a Global Baroclinic Atmospheric Model -- Normal Mode Functions and Initialization -- Normal-Mode Functions and Atmospheric Data Assimilation -- 3D Modal Variability and Energy Transformations On The Sphere -- Generalization of Baroclinic Instability and Rossby Wave Saturation Theory -- Applications to Predictions And Climate Studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews the theory and applications of the normal-mode functions in numerical weather prediction and weather and climate dynamics. The normal-mode functions, the eigensolutions of the linearized primitive equations describing the evolution of atmospheric winds and mass variables, have been used for a long time. They have played an important role in the development of data assimilation schemes and the initialization of numerical weather prediction models. Chapters also present how the normal modes can be applied to many theoretical and numerical problems in the atmospheric sciences, such as equatorial wave dynamics, baroclinic instability, energy transfers, and predictability across scales.