04365nam 2200697 a 450 991078600640332120210514020950.01-299-05131-61-4008-4622-610.1515/9781400846221(CKB)2670000000330146(EBL)1084827(OCoLC)827944851(SSID)ssj0000819961(PQKBManifestationID)11503683(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819961(PQKBWorkID)10861515(PQKB)10318597(MiAaPQ)EBC1084827(MdBmJHUP)muse48994(DE-B1597)453886(OCoLC)979758552(DE-B1597)9781400846221(Au-PeEL)EBL1084827(CaPaEBR)ebr10653087(CaONFJC)MIL436381(EXLCZ)99267000000033014620121213d2013 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrInvisible in the storm[electronic resource] the role of mathematics in understanding weather /Ian Roulstone and John NorburyCourse BookPrinceton Princeton University Press20131 online resource (344 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-15272-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Prelude: New Beginnings --One. The Fabric of a Vision --Two. From Lore to Laws --Three. advances and adversity --Four. When the Wind Blows the Wind --Five. Constraining the Possibilities --Six. The Metamorphosis of Meteorology --Seven. Math Gets the Picture --Eight. Predicting in the Presence of Chaos --Glossary --Bibliography --Index"Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in meteorology only after the turn of the twentieth century. From the first proposal for using mathematics to predict weather, to the supercomputers that now process meteorological information gathered from satellites and weather stations, Ian Roulstone and John Norbury narrate the groundbreaking evolution of modern forecasting. The authors begin with Vilhelm Bjerknes, a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who in 1904 came up with a method now known as numerical weather prediction. Although his proposed calculations could not be implemented without computers, his early attempts, along with those of Lewis Fry Richardson, marked a turning point in atmospheric science. Roulstone and Norbury describe the discovery of chaos theory's butterfly effect, in which tiny variations in initial conditions produce large variations in the long-term behavior of a system--dashing the hopes of perfect predictability for weather patterns. They explore how weather forecasters today formulate their ideas through state-of-the-art mathematics, taking into account limitations to predictability. Millions of variables--known, unknown, and approximate--as well as billions of calculations, are involved in every forecast, producing informative and fascinating modern computer simulations of the Earth system. Accessible and timely, Invisible in the Storm explains the crucial role of mathematics in understanding the ever-changing weather"--Provided by publisher.MeteorologyData processingClimatologyData processingMeteorologyMathematical modelsClimatologyMathematical modelsMeteorologyData processing.ClimatologyData processing.MeteorologyMathematical models.ClimatologyMathematical models.551.60151SCI042000MAT003000NAT036000MAT007000MAT005000MAT015000bisacshRoulstone Ian1492609Norbury John1945-1492610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786006403321Invisible in the storm3715216UNINA