Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting: An Introductory Toolkit provides the bridge between the introductory fundamentals of a meteorology course and advanced synoptic-dynamic analysis for undergraduate students. It helps students to understand the principles of weather analysis, which will complement computer forecast models. This valuable reference also imparts qualitative weather analysis and forecasting tools and techniques to non-meteorologist end users, such as emergency/disaster managers, aviation experts, and environmental health and safety experts who need to have a foundational knowledge of weather forecasting.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Acknowledgments - p. xi 7. 1: Meteorological Conventions - p. xi 8. 2: Surface Observations and Instrumentation - p. 5 9. 3: METAR Code - p. 22 10. 4: Upper-Air Observations - p. 39 11. 5: Isopleths and Upper-Tropospheric Charts - p. 47 12. 6: Lower-Tropospheric Charts - p. 63 13. 7: Upper-Tropospheric Processes - p. 77 14. 8: Lower-Tropospheric Processes - p. 91 15. 9: Putting It All Together - p. 103 16. 10: Fronts and Drylines - p. 125 17. 11: Satellite Imagery - p. 143 18. 12: Radar Imagery - p. 161 19. 13: Thermodynamic Diagram Basics - p. 177 20. 14: Thermodynamic Diagram Interpretation - p. 194 21. 15: Weather Forecasting Basics - p. 213 22. Index - p. 229
Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting: An Introductory Toolkit provides the bridge between the introductory fundamentals of a meteorology course and advanced synoptic-dynamic analysis for undergraduate students. It helps students to understand the principles of weather analysis, which will complement computer forecast models. This valuable reference also imparts qualitative weather analysis and forecasting tools and techniques to non-meteorologist end users, such as emergency/disaster managers, aviation experts, and environmental health and safety experts who need to have a foundational knowledge of weather forecasting.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Acknowledgments - p. xi 7. 1: Meteorological Conventions - p. xi 8. 2: Surface Observations and Instrumentation - p. 5 9. 3: METAR Code - p. 22 10. 4: Upper-Air Observations - p. 39 11. 5: Isopleths and Upper-Tropospheric Charts - p. 47 12. 6: Lower-Tropospheric Charts - p. 63 13. 7: Upper-Tropospheric Processes - p. 77 14. 8: Lower-Tropospheric Processes - p. 91 15. 9: Putting It All Together - p. 103 16. 10: Fronts and Drylines - p. 125 17. 11: Satellite Imagery - p. 143 18. 12: Radar Imagery - p. 161 19. 13: Thermodynamic Diagram Basics - p. 177 20. 14: Thermodynamic Diagram Interpretation - p. 194 21. 15: Weather Forecasting Basics - p. 213 22. Index - p. 229
