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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2010
      August 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511618291
      9780521680448
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618291
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 250 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics (general), Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Mathematics, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Numerical Analysis and Computational Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Mathematical Library
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    Subjects:
    Mathematics (general), Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Mathematics, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Numerical Analysis and Computational Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Mathematical Library
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    The idea of forecasting the weather by calculation was first dreamt of by Lewis Fry Richardson. He set out in this book a detailed algorithm for systematic numerical weather prediction. The method of computing atmospheric changes, which he mapped out in great detail in this book, is essentially the method used today. He was greatly ahead of his time because, before his ideas could bear fruit, advances in four critical areas were needed: better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere; stable computational algorithms to integrate the equations; regular observations of the free atmosphere; and powerful automatic computer equipment. Over the ensuing years, progress in numerical weather prediction has been dramatic. Weather prediction and climate modelling have now reached a high level of sophistication, and are witness to the influence of Richardson's ideas. This new edition contains a new foreword by Peter Lynch that sets the original book in context.

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    'The book can be warmly recommended to people interested in the history of meteorology as well as to those who want to have a more or less complete record on numerical weather prediction techniques on their bookshelf.'

    Source: Meteorologische Zeitschrift

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