Synoptic analysis and forecasting: an introductory toolkit
Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting: An Introductory Toolkit provides the bridge between the introductory fundamentals of a meteorology course and advanced synoptic-dynamic analysis for undergraduate students. It helps students to understand the principles of weather analysis, which will complement computer forecast models. This valuable reference also imparts qualitative weather analysis and forecasting tools and techniques to non-meteorologist end users, such as emergency/disaster managers, avi…
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- Full title :Synoptic analysis and forecasting : an introductory toolkit / Shawn Milrad.
Summary
Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting: An Introductory Toolkit provides the bridge between the introductory fundamentals of a meteorology course and advanced synoptic-dynamic analysis for undergraduate students. It helps students to understand the principles of weather analysis, which will complement computer forecast models. This valuable reference also imparts qualitative weather analysis and forecasting tools and techniques to non-meteorologist end users, such as emergency/disaster managers, aviation experts, and environmental health and safety experts who need to have a foundational knowledge of weather forecasting.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 233 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780128092477, 0128092475
- oclc:on1099556338
- LC Classification:QC874
- Dewey Decimal:551.5
Table of Contents
Meteorological conventions -- Surface observations and instrumentation -- METAR code -- Upper-air observations -- Isopleths and upper-tropospheric charts -- Lower-tropospheric charts -- Upper-tropospheric processes -- Lower-tropospheric processes -- Putting it all together -- Fronts and drylines -- Satellite imagery -- Radar imagery -- Thermodynamic diagram basics -- Thermodynamic diagram interpretation -- Weather forecasting basics.
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