UBC ATSC 507 - Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

Textbooks and Web Resources

Textbooks are all free, Online via UBC Library: 

Thomas T. Warner, 2011: Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction.  Cambridge.  526 pp.  http://webcat2.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9951214 .
  https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/numerical-weather-and-climate-prediction/48312A47D19038F6503BB4E69D3B03A6
    ISBN 978-0-521-51389-0.    Errata .
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Jean Coiffier, 2011: Fundamentals of  Numerical Weather Prediction.  Cambridge.  340 pp. http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=8833431 .
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fundamentals-of-numerical-weather-prediction/9113980F4309886F58C0E8C64853E130
ISBN  978-1-107-00103-9.   Errata .

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Mark Z. Jacobson, 2005: Fundamental of Atmospheric Modeling.  Cambridge. 813 pp.  http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9968667 .  ISBN 9780521548656.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fundamentals-of-atmospheric-modeling/A6B866737D682B17EE46F8449F76FB2C

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Roland Stull, 2017: Practical Meteorology, An Algebra Based Survey of Atmospheric Science. 938 pp.  Creative Commons license.  https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/   .  In particular, we use Chapter 20 Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP).  .   Errata .

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COMET/MetEd Operational Models Encyclopedia (2019):  https://sites.google.com/a/ucar.edu/model-encyclo-determ/
(or   https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1186 or at https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1186#.XdcxyjJKiOE ).

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Journal Papers and Reports Used in this Course

(Free online, if accessed thru the UBC Library.)

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Kasahara, A., 1974: Various vertical coordinate systems used for numerical weather prediction.  Monthly Weather Review, 102, 509-522.  https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281974%29102%3C0509%3AVVCSUF%3E2.0.CO%3B2
(and errata 1975, MWR, 103, p664. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281975%29103%3C0664%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2 )

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Laprise, R., 1992: The Euler equations of motion with hydrostatic pressure as an independent variable.  Monthly Weather Review, 120, 197-207. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281992%29120%3C0197%3ATEEOMW%3E2.0.CO%3B2 

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Skamarock, W.C., et al, 2021: A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Model Version 4.3.   NCAR Technical Note  NCAR/TN-556+STR.
List of recent WRF Tech Notes: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/technote/contents.html
as a web version: https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/opensky:2898 .
Older versions (2019): http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/technote/v4_technote.pdf




Bibliography of Other Relevant Books: 

(Legend: • = UBC library has it,  e = UBC library has e-version,  x = not in UBC library.)

-) S. M. Bozic, 1994: Digital and Kalman Filtering, 2nd Ed.  Edward Arnold press.   160 pp.  ISBN 0-340-61057-3.

x) Jean Coiffier, 2009:  Les bases de la prévision numérique du temps.  Metéo-France. Cours et manuels No. 18.  255 pp. ISBN 978-2-11-097446-4   (This is the French language version of the Coiffier text listed above.)

•) Benoit Cushman-Roisin, & Jean-Marie Beckers, 2011: Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Physical and Numerical Aspects (2nd Ed.).  Academic Press, 875 pp.   ISBN-13: 978-0120887590.

e) Dale R. Durran, 1999: Numerical Methods for Wave Equations in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.  Springer Texts in Applied Mathematics #32.  465 pp.  ISBN 0-387-98376-7

Dale R. Durran, 2010: Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Ed..  Springer.516 pp.  ISBN 978-1-4419-6411-3.

-) C. Ferreira, 2006: Gene Expression Programming; Mathematical Modeling by an Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Ed.  Springer.  478 pp. ISBN 3-540-32796-7.

•) G.J. Haltiner & R.T. Williams, 1980: Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology. Wiley. 477 pp. ISBN 0-471-05971-4

•) James R. Holton, 2004: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, 4th Ed.  Elsevier. 535 pp.  ISBN 0-12-354015-1

•) W. Hsieh, 2009: Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences; Neural Networks and Kernels.  Cambridge.  349 pp.  ISBN 978-0-521-79192-2.

•) Mark Z. Jacobson, 2005: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling, 2nd Ed.  Cambridge. 813 pp.  ISBN0-521-54865-9

e) Ian T. Jolliffe and David B. Stephenson, editors, 2011: Forecast Verification: A Practitioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science, 2nd Ed.  Wiley.  292 pp.  ISBN 978-0470660713.   [First ed. • isbn 0-471-49759-2]

•) Eugenia Kalnay, 2003: Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation & Predictability. Cambridge 341pp. ISBN 0-521-79629-6

x) T.N. Krishnamurti & L. Bounoua, 1996: An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques.  CRC Press. 293 pp.  ISBN 0-8493-8910-0

e) P.H. Lauritzen, C. Jablonowski, M.A. Taylor, & R.D. Nair, Editors, 2011: Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models.  Springer Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering #80.  556 pp. ISBN 978-3-642-11639-1

•) C. A. Lin, R. Laprise and H. Ritchie, 1997: Numerical Methods in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling; The André J. Robert Memorial Volume.  Can. Meteor. & Ocean. Soc. and NRC Press.  581 pp. + Supplement.  ISBN 0-9698414-4-2.

•) Frederik Nebeker, 1995: Calculating the Weather. Meteor. in the 20th Century. Acad. Press. 255 pp. ISBN 0-12-515175-6

•) Tim Palmer and Renate Hagedorn, Editors, 2006: Predictability of Weather and Climate.  Cambridge.  702 pp.  ISBN 0-521-84882-2

•) W.H. Press, S.A. Teukolsky, W.T. Vetterline & B.P. Flannery, 2007:  Numerical Recipes: TheArt of Scientific Computing, 3rd Ed.  Cambridge.  1235 pp (including CD with source code).  ISBN 978-0-521-88407-5

x) L.F. Richardson, 1922/2007: Weather Prediction by Numerical Process, 2nd Ed.  Cambridge. 236 pp. ISBN 0-521-68044-1

e) W.C. Skamarock et al, 2008: A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3.  NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN–475+STR.    Available online:  http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/arw_v3.pdf  

x) David J. Stensrud, 2007: Parameterization Schemes; Keys to Understanding Numerical Weather Prediction Models. Cambridge. 459 pp.  ISBN 0-521-86540-9.