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READINGS A MATHEMATICA L THEOR Y O F LARGE-SCAL E ATMOSPHERE/OCEA N FLO W Michael J. P. Cullen, 2006, 259 pp., $54.00, hardbound, World Scientific/Imperial College Press, ISBN I-86094-518-X WH Y IS NUMERICA L WEATHE R PREDIC- incline d A&O scientists interested in A&O predict- TIO N IMPROVING ? Today's atmospheric and ability in general, as well as in certain of its aspects. oceani c science communit y is fairly well educated It contain s neither exercises no r a n organizatio n that abou t the significance of chaotic dynamics to nu- follows a typical lecturing pace, so this boo k would merica l weathe r predictio n (NWP). We have learned no t be suitable for teaching , except perhap s to a n ad- somethin g about such concepts as "sensitive depen- vanced , specialized, an d highly motivated group. denc e on initial conditions," "strange attractor," an d "Poincare recurrence"; the limits they imply for TOU R O F TH E BOOK . a. Scope and purpose: accurat e NW P on long time scales; Turbulence is not everywhere. As opposed to uncer- an d the use of predictio n ensembles taint y about physical processes, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0477
DOI
10.1175/1520-0477-89.11.1735
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Abstract

A MATHEMATICA L THEOR Y O F LARGE-SCAL E ATMOSPHERE/OCEA N FLO W Michael J. P. Cullen, 2006, 259 pp., $54.00, hardbound, World Scientific/Imperial College Press, ISBN I-86094-518-X WH Y IS NUMERICA L WEATHE R PREDIC- incline d A&O scientists interested in A&O predict- TIO N IMPROVING ? Today's atmospheric and ability in general, as well as in certain of its aspects. oceani c science communit y is fairly well educated It contain s neither exercises no r a n organizatio n that abou t the significance of chaotic dynamics to nu- follows a typical lecturing pace, so this boo k would merica l weathe r predictio n (NWP). We have learned no t be suitable for teaching , except perhap s to a n ad- somethin g about such concepts as "sensitive depen- vanced , specialized, an d highly motivated group. denc e on initial conditions," "strange attractor," an d "Poincare recurrence"; the limits they imply for TOU R O F TH E BOOK . a. Scope and purpose: accurat e NW P on long time scales; Turbulence is not everywhere. As opposed to uncer- an d the use of predictio n ensembles taint y about physical processes,

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Nov 1, 2008

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