Description
The second edition of Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling is a fully revised resource for researchers and practitioners in the growing field of meteorological modeling at the mesoscale. Pielke has enhanced the new edition by quantifying model capability (uncertainty) by a detailed evaluation of the assumptions of parameterization and error propagation. Mesoscale models are applied in a wide variety of studies, including weather prediction, regional and local climate assessments, and air pollution investigations.
Chapter
Chapter 3. Simplification of the Basic Equations
3.2 Conservation of Motion
3.3 Conservation of Motion
3.4 Conservation of Water and Other Gaseous and Aerosol Contaminants
Chapter 4. Averaging the Conservation Relations
4.1 Definition of Averages
4.3 Diagnostic Equation for Nonhydrostatic Pressure
Chapter 5. Physical and Analytic Modeling
5.3 Long’s Analytic Solution to Nonlinear Momentum Flow
Chapter 6. Coordinate Transformations
6.2 Generalized Vertical Coordinate
6.3 The Sigma-z Coordinate System
6.4 Derivation of Drainage Flow Equations Using Two Different Coordinate Representations
6.6 Application of Terrain-Following Coordinate Systems
Chapter 7. Parameterization-Averaged Subgrid-Scale Fluxes
7.2 Surface-Layer Parameterization
7.3 Planetary Boundary-Layer Parameterization
7.4 Heterogenous Boundary Layers
Chapter 8. Averaged Radiation Flux Divergence
8.3 Longwave Radiative Flux
8.4 Shortwave Radiative Flux
8.5 Examples of Parameterizations and Level of Complexity
Chapter 9. Parameterization of Moist Thermodynamic Processes
9.2 Parameterization of the Influences of Phase Changes of Water in a Convectively Stable Atmosphere (d0E/dz > 0)
9.3 Parameterization of the Influences of Phase Changes of Water in a Convectively Unstable Atmosphere ( d0E/dz < 0)
9.4 Examples of Parameterizations and Level of Complexity
Chapter 10. Methods of Solution
10.1 Finite Difference Schemes„An Introduction
10.2 Upstream Interpolation Schemes„An Introduction
10.3 Diagnostic Equations
Chapter 11. Boundary and Initial Conditions
11.1 Grid and Domain Structure
11.3 Spatial Boundary Conditions
Chapter 12. Model Evaluation
12.2 Comparison with Analytic Theory
12.3 Comparison with Other Numerical Models
12.4 Comparison Against Different Model Formulations
12.5 Calculation of Model Budgets
12.6 Comparison with Observations
12.7 Model Sensitivity Analyses
Chapter 13. Examples of Mesoscale Models
13.1 Terrain-Induced Mesoscale Systems
13.2 Synoptically-Induced Mesoscale Systems
Appendix A: The Solution of Eqs. (10-28) and (10-47)
Appendix B: Model Summaries
Appendix C: Summary of Several Cumulus Cloud Parameterization Schemes
Appendix D: BATS, LAPS, and LEAF Comparison Tables
Appendix E: Summary of Datasets (2000)
List of Volumes in the Series
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