Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting —— An Introductory Toolkit

----- 天气分析和预报:入门工具包

ISBN: 9780128092477 出版年：2017 页码：248 Milrad, Shawn Elsevier Science_RM

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.Presents the fundamentals of weather analysis and forecastingOffers clear accessible writing aimed at students from a variety of mathematical backgroundsDiscusses the reading and interpretation of surface observations and METAR code, processes associated with the motion and intensity of cyclones and anticyclones, and quantitative and/or qualitative diagnosis of processes associated with ascent and descent