Austin Woods: Medium-Range Weather Prediction

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Cover: 9780387269283 | Medium-Range Weather Prediction | The European Approach | Austin Woods

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Beschreibung

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- tional weather forecast office. It would combine the scientific and technical resources of its Member States to use the most powerful computers in order to extend the range of weather forecasts beyond two or three days, the limit of useful forecasts at that time. It would be small; the work force was to be limited to about 150, incl- ing administrative and other support staff. In 2005, 30 years after the Convention was signed, the staff totalled about 160. The Centre attracted the best talent in its specific field of endeavour. Each year about ten scientists left, to be replaced by newcomers bringing younger minds and fresh ideas. It is not surprising that it quickly became a world leader in its field. It is widely recognised as having maintained its leading position. This book considers how the Centre was conceived in the confusing and difficult political period of the 1960s in Europe. It summarises the political, scientific, technical and financial discussions that led to the drafting of its Convention, and how it came to be built 60 km west of London, England.

Über den Autor

Dr. James Austin Woods (PhD Meteorology Penn State University 1970 and 1972) joined ECMWF in 1978 from the Irish Meteorological Service as Head of Meteorological Operations and became Assistant Director in 1984. In 2004 he retired, at the age of 63.

Zusammenfassung

The book is unique in combining a historical view of one of the world's leading meteorological institutes and a scientific insight in the work is has done over the past 30 years

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 ?.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geowissenschaften
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	288
Inhalt:	xvi 270 S.
ISBN-13:	9780387269283
ISBN-10:	0387269282
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	11421221
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Woods, Austin
Auflage:	2006
Hersteller:	Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße:	241 x 160 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Austin Woods
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.09.2005
Gewicht:	0,653 kg