01744cam a22002297a 4500001000800000003000900008005001700017008004100034020002500075040001300100041000800113082001900121100003500140245009200175250001200267260005200279300003500331500003500366504005100401520100600452650005601458TB12812IN-BhIIT20260224160247.0071113s2007    enka          001 0 eng d  a9780521680448 (pbk.)  aIN-BhIIT  aeng00a551.634bRIC/W1 aRichardson, Lewis Fry,eAuthor10aWeather prediction by numerical process /cLewis F. Richardson; forword by Peter Lynch.  a2nd ed.  aNew York :bCambridge University Press ;c2007.  axiii, 236 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aCambridge mathematical library  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThe idea of forecasting the weather by calculation was first dreamt of by Lewis Fry Richardson. The first edition of this book, published in 1922, set out a detailed algorithm for systematic numerical weather prediction. The method of computing atmospheric changes, which he mapped out in great detail in this book, is essentially the method used today. He was greatly ahead of his time because, before his ideas could bear fruit, advances in four critical areas were needed: better understanding of the dynamics of the atmosphere; stable computational algorithms to integrate the equations; regular observations of the free atmosphere; and powerful automatic computer equipment. Over the ensuing years, progress in numerical weather prediction has been dramatic. Weather prediction and climate modelling have now reached a high level of sophistication, and are witness to the influence of Richardson's ideas. This edition contains a new foreword by Peter Lynch that sets the original book in context. 0aWeather forecastingxNumerical weather forecasting.