Mesoscale Dynamics

Mesoscale weather systems are responsible for numerous natural disasters such as damaging winds blizzards and flash flooding. A fundamental understanding of the underlying dynamics involved in these weather systems is essential in forecasting their occurrence. This 2007 book provides a systematic approach to this subject. The opening chapters introduce the basic equations governing mesoscale weather systems and their approximations. The subsequent chapters cover four major areas of mesoscale dynamics: wave dynamics moist convection front dynamics and mesoscale modelling. This is an ideal book on the subject for researchers in meteorology and atmospheric science. With over 100 problems and password-protected solutions available to instructors at cambridge.org/9780521808750 this book could also serve as a textbook for graduate students. Modelling projects providing hands-on practice for building simple models of stratified fluid flow from a one-dimensional advection equation are also described.