Peter Lynch

Gebundenes Buch

The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction

Beschreibung

Lewis Fry Richardson dreamt that scientific weather prediction would one day become a practical reality. This book tells the story of Richardson's trial forecast, and the fulfillment of his dream of practical numerical weather forecasting. It includes a complete reconstruction of Richardson's forecast, and analyses in detail the causes of his failure.

Autor

Peter Lynch is Met Éireann Professor of Meteorology at the University College Dublin and Director of the UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre. Prior to this he was Deputy Director of Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and the Institute of Physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 179mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780521857291
• ISBN-10: 0521857295
• Artikelnr.: 21882784