Weather Analysis and Forecasting

Applying Satellite Water Vapor Imagery and Potential Vorticity Analysis

Patrick Santurette, Christo G. Georgiev

250 pages, parution le 18/07/2005

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Résumé

Satellite images provide a rich source of data for predicting Earth's weather; however, even the most experienced forecasters can misinterpret these images from time to time. The key to improving weather prediction accuracy is learning how to properly distill, manipulate, and interpret relevant numerical models in relation to this visual observation data. Weather Analysis and Forecasting is the first book to help professionals and students bring these tools together in a logical way.

In this practical guide, Santurette and Georgiev show how to interpret water vapor patterns in terms of dynamical processes in the atmosphere and their relation to diagnostics available from weather prediction models. In particular, they concentrate on the close relationship between satellite imagery and the potential vorticity fields in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. These applications are illustrated with color images based on real meteorological situations. The book's step-by-step pedagogy makes this an essential training manual for forecasters in meteorological services worldwide, and a valuable text for graduate students in atmospheric physics and satellite meteorology.

Sommaire

A dynamical view of synoptic development
The interpretation problem of satellite water vapor imagery
Significant water vapor imagery features associated with synoptic dynamical structures
Use of water vapor imagery for assessing NWP model behavior and improving forecasts
App. A Radiative transfer theory and some radiation effects for the WV channels of meteosat, GOES, and MSG
App. B Synthetic (pseudo) water vapor images
App. C PV modification technique and PV inversion to correct the initial state of the numerical model

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier, Academic Press
Auteur(s)	Patrick Santurette, Christo G. Georgiev
Parution	18/07/2005
Nb. de pages	250
Format	21,5 x 27,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	615g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780126192629
ISBN13	978-0-12-619262-9