Medium-Range Weather Prediction The European Approach /

About 450 million people live in the 18 States that set up the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Thirty years ago, they est- lished an independent institution with a clearly defined objective. It was not to be a university-type institute for research, neither was it to be an ope- t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woods, Austin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Subjects:
Atmospheric science.
Climatology.
Geotechnical engineering.
Geographic information systems.
Environment.
Atmospheric Science.
Climate Sciences.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Geographical Information System.
Environmental Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The first Director
  • The beginnings - the political background
  • Meteorological developments 1967 to 1971
  • The Project Study
  • The Convention
  • In the United Kingdom
  • 1794 to 1980: The Formative Years
  • The Analysis System - OI to 4D-Var
  • The Medium-Range Model
  • Ensemble prediction - forecasting the error
  • Seasonal prediction
  • Wave prediction
  • Data from on high
  • Re-analysis - towards a new ERA
  • Archives and Graphics: towards MARS, MAGICS and Metview
  • The computer system: CDC, Cray, Fujitsu, IBM
  • Communicating the forecasts: mail and 50 baud to RMDCN
  • Commercial issues
  • The Staff
  • And the outlook is ?.

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