ATMO 506 ... Forecasting Models and Methods

References


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Chronologically Listed NWP References

Thompson, Philip D., 1961: Numerical Weather Analysis and Prediction. MacMillian, 170 pp.

Barnes, Stanley L., 1964: A technique for maximizing details in numerical weather map analysis. J. Applied Meteorology, 3, 4, 396-409.

Haltiner, George J., 1971: Numerical Weather Prediction. John Wiley, 317 pp.

Haltiner, George J., and Roger Terry Williams, 1980: Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology, 2nd edition. John Wiley, 477 pp.

Thiebaux, H.J., and M.A. Pedder, 1987: Spatial Objective Analysis: with applications in atmospheric science. Academic Press, 299 pp.

Daley, Roger, 1991: Atmospheric Data Analysis. Cambridge University Press, New York, 457 pp.

Wilks, Daniel S., 1995: Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences. Academic Press, 467 pp.

Krishnamurti, T.N., and L. Bounoua, 1996: An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques. CRC Press, 293 pp.

Lu, Chungu, and Gerald L. Browning, 1998: The Impact of Observational Errors on Objective Analysis. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 10, 1791-1807.

Pielke, Roger A., Sr., 2002: Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling, 2nd edition. Academic Press, 676 pp.

Jacobson, Mark Z., 2005: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling. Cambridge University Press, 813 pp.

Wilks, D.S., 2006: Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, 2nd edition. Academic Press/Elsevier, 627 pp.

Stensrud, David J., 2007: Parameterization Schemes, Keys to Understanding Numerical Weather Prediction Models. Cambridge Unversity Press, 459 pp.


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