LEADER 04309nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910463206303321 005 20210514020950.0 010 $a1-299-05131-6 010 $a1-4008-4622-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846221 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330146 035 $a(EBL)1084827 035 $a(OCoLC)827944851 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819961 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11503683 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819961 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861515 035 $a(PQKB)10318597 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1084827 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48994 035 $a(DE-B1597)453886 035 $a(OCoLC)979758552 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846221 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1084827 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10653087 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436381 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330146 100 $a20121213d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInvisible in the storm$b[electronic resource] $ethe role of mathematics in understanding weather /$fIan Roulstone and John Norbury 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-15272-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tPrelude: New Beginnings --$tOne. The Fabric of a Vision --$tTwo. From Lore to Laws --$tThree. advances and adversity --$tFour. When the Wind Blows the Wind --$tFive. Constraining the Possibilities --$tSix. The Metamorphosis of Meteorology --$tSeven. Math Gets the Picture --$tEight. Predicting in the Presence of Chaos --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $a"Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in meteorology only after the turn of the twentieth century. From the first proposal for using mathematics to predict weather, to the supercomputers that now process meteorological information gathered from satellites and weather stations, Ian Roulstone and John Norbury narrate the groundbreaking evolution of modern forecasting. The authors begin with Vilhelm Bjerknes, a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who in 1904 came up with a method now known as numerical weather prediction. Although his proposed calculations could not be implemented without computers, his early attempts, along with those of Lewis Fry Richardson, marked a turning point in atmospheric science. Roulstone and Norbury describe the discovery of chaos theory's butterfly effect, in which tiny variations in initial conditions produce large variations in the long-term behavior of a system--dashing the hopes of perfect predictability for weather patterns. They explore how weather forecasters today formulate their ideas through state-of-the-art mathematics, taking into account limitations to predictability. Millions of variables--known, unknown, and approximate--as well as billions of calculations, are involved in every forecast, producing informative and fascinating modern computer simulations of the Earth system. Accessible and timely, Invisible in the Storm explains the crucial role of mathematics in understanding the ever-changing weather"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMeteorology$xData processing 606 $aClimatology$xData processing 606 $aMeteorology$xMathematical models 606 $aClimatology$xMathematical models 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMeteorology$xData processing. 615 0$aClimatology$xData processing. 615 0$aMeteorology$xMathematical models. 615 0$aClimatology$xMathematical models. 676 $a551.60151 700 $aRoulstone$b Ian$01049349 701 $aNorbury$b John$f1945-$01049350 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463206303321 996 $aInvisible in the storm$92478277 997 $aUNINA