NWP (Meteo 526) Reference List Spring 1998

Prescribed and Recommended Course References

The prescribed text is Haltiner and Williams (1980) and all reading assignments for Part 1 of the course are from this text.

An additional text that you may find useful is Roache (1985). Details for both are given here.

Haltiner, G. J., and R. T. Williams, 1980: Numerical prediction and dynamic meteorology John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York, 477pp.

Roache, P. J., 1985: Computational fluid dynamics Hermosa.

References for Preparation for Guest Lecturers

Required reading for Dr Bishop's class visit: Sections 2.2 (least squares estimation), 13.2 and 13.3 of Roger Daly's, 1991: Atmospheric Data Analysis, Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series, ISBN 0-521-38215-7.

Required reading for Professor Emanuel's class are

(i) Emanuel, K. A., and E. Lorenz, 1998: .J. Atmos. Sci., , .

(ii) Palmer, T., 1998: .J. Atmos. Sci., , .

Required reading for Professor Molinari's class is: Molinari, J., and M. Dudek, 1992: Parameterization of convective precipitation in mesoscale numerical models: A critical review. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 326-344.

Model Documentation for MM5 and CCM2 (or CCM3)

Background information for each of the climate (CCM2) and mesoscale (MM5) models may be found in these NCAR technical reports or at the :

Bath, L., J. Rosinski and J. Olson, 1992: User's guide to NCAR CCM2
NCAR Technical Note. TN-379+1A, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, NCAR, Boulder CO, November 1992, 127pp.

Grell, G., J. Dudhia and D. R. Stauffer, 1994: A description of the fifth generation Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5). NCAR Technical Note TN-397+IA, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, NCAR, Boulder CO, January 1994, 138pp.

References Dealing with the Definition of Resolution

Fox-Rabinovitz, M. S., and R. S. Lindzen, 1993: Numerical experiments on consistent horizontal and vertical resolution for atmospheric models and observing systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121 264-271.

Laprise, R., 1992: The resolution of global spectral models. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 73, 1453-1454.

Lindzen, R. S., and M. Fox-Rabinovitz, 1989: Consistent vertical and horizontal resolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 2575-2583.

Persson, P. O. G., and T. T. Warner, 1991: Model generation of spurious gravity waves due to inconsistency of the vertical and horizontal resolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 917-935.

Pielke, R. A., 1991: A recommended specific definition of ``resolution''. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 1914.

Selected References on Implications of Model Resolution

Boville, B. A., 1991: Sensitivity of simulated climate to model resolution. J. Climate, 4, 469-485.

Pauley, P. A., and B. J. Bramer, 1992: The effect of resolution on the depiction of central pressure for an intense oceanic extratropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 757-769.

Senior, C. A., 1995: The dependence of climate sensitivity on the horizontal resolution of a GCM. J. Climate, 8, 2860-2880.

Sperber, K. R., and T. N. Palmer, 1996: Interannual tropical rainfall variability in general circulation model simulations associated with the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project. J. Climate, 9, 2727-2750.