LEADER 06510nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910437950703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-61190-2 010 $a9786613924353 010 $a94-007-4098-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-4098-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000256383 035 $a(EBL)971425 035 $a(OCoLC)809795207 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11407211 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10791723 035 $a(PQKB)11033914 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-4098-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC971425 035 $a(PPN)168337029 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000256383 100 $a20120919h20122013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMountain weather research and forecasting $erecent progress and current challenges /$fFotini Chow, Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Bradley J. Snyder ; editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aDordrecht $cSpringer$d2012, c2013 215 $a1 online resource (759 p.) 225 0$aSpringer atmospheric sciences 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-4097-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aMountain Weather Prediction: Phenomenological Challenges and Forecast Methodology -- Diurnal Mountain Wind Systems -- Dynamically-driven Winds -- Understanding and Forecasting Alpine Foehn -- Boundary Layers and Air Quality in Mountainous Terrain -- Recent Progress on the Theory, Observations, and Predictions of Orographic Precipitation -- Microphysical Processes Within Winter Orographic Cloud and Precipitation Systems -- Observational Techniques: Sampling the Mountain Atmosphere -- Mescoscale Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Numerical and Predictability Perspectives -- Meso- and Fine-scale Numerical Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Parameterizations and Applications -- Numerical Weather Prediction and Weather Forecasting in Complex Terrain -- Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Research To Improve Weather Prediction in Mountainous Regions. 330 $a  This book provides readers with a broad understanding of the fundamental principles driving atmospheric flow over complex terrain and provides historical context for recent developments and future direction for researchers and forecasters. The topics in this book are expanded from those presented at the Mountain Weather Workshop, which took place in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, August 5-8, 2008. The inspiration for the workshop came from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Mountain Meteorology Committee and was designed to bridge the gap between the research and forecasting communities by providing a forum for extended discussion and joint education. For academic researchers, this book provides some insight into issues important to the forecasting community. For the forecasting community, this book provides training on fundamentals of atmospheric processes over mountainous regions, which are notoriously difficult to predict. The book also helps to provide a better understanding of current research and forecast challenges, including the latest contributions and advancements to the field. The book begins with an overview of mountain weather and forecasting challenges specific to complex terrain, followed by chapters that focus on diurnal mountain/valley flows that develop under calm conditions and dynamically-driven winds under strong forcing. The focus then shifts to other phenomena specific to mountain regions: Alpine foehn, boundary layer and air quality issues, orographic precipitation processes, and microphysics parameterizations. Having covered the major physical processes, the book shifts to observation and modelling techniques used in mountain regions, including model configuration and parameterizations such as turbulence, and model applications in operational forecasting. The book concludes with a discussion of the current state of research and forecasting in complex terrain, including a vision of how to bridge the gap in the future.   Fotini (Tina) Katopodes Chow  is an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Her current research interests are in performing large-eddy simulations of atmospheric boundary layer flows, with a focus on flow over complex terrain and development and testing of new turbulence models and boundary conditions. She and her students have worked on applications to mountain meteorology, urban dispersion, wind energy, and land-atmosphere coupling, among others.  She received an NSF CAREER award in 2007 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011. Stephan F. J. De Wekker  is an associate professor in Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the investigation of atmospheric boundary layer processes over complex terrain using a combination of field studies, data analysis, and numerical modeling techniques. He seeks to apply his expertise to problems in a multi-disciplinary context such as found at the interface with ecology, air quality, and hydrology.  He received an NSF CAREER award in 2012. Bradley J. Snyder  is currently Head of Science Transfer and Training at the Pacific Storm Prediction Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is responsible for coordinating forecaster training and acts as liaison between operations and research groups. His focus is on mountain and marine meteorology.  He worked as an operational forecaster for 15 years at various locations across Canada and has undertaken research in radar, lightning, and air quality meteorology. He has also been involved in field studies, including forecasting during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. . 410 0$aSpringer Atmospheric Sciences,$x2194-5217 606 $aWeather forecasting$xResearch 606 $aMountain climate 615 0$aWeather forecasting$xResearch. 615 0$aMountain climate. 676 $a551.69143 701 $aChow$b Fotini Katopodes$01761874 701 $aDe Wekker$b Stephan F. J$01761875 701 $aSnyder$b Bradley J$01761876 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437950703321 996 $aMountain weather research and forecasting$94201553 997 $aUNINA