Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting Recent Progress and Current Challenges /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Chow, Fotini K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), De Wekker, Stephan F.J (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Snyder, Bradley J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Atmospheric Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

  This book provides readers with a broad understanding of the fundamental principles driving atmospheric flow over complex terrain and provides historical context for recent developments and future direction for researchers and forecasters. The topics in this book are expanded from those presented...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Mountain Weather Prediction: Phenomenological Challenges and Forecast Methodology
• Diurnal Mountain Wind Systems
• Dynamically-driven Winds
• Understanding and Forecasting Alpine Foehn
• Boundary Layers and Air Quality in Mountainous Terrain
• Recent Progress on the Theory, Observations, and Predictions of Orographic Precipitation
• Microphysical Processes Within Winter Orographic Cloud and Precipitation Systems
• Observational Techniques: Sampling the Mountain Atmosphere
• Mescoscale Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Numerical and Predictability Perspectives
• Meso- and Fine-scale Numerical Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Parameterizations and Applications
• Numerical Weather Prediction and Weather Forecasting in Complex Terrain
• Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Research To Improve Weather Prediction in Mountainous Regions.