Synoptic Meteorology and Weather Forecasting

Fundamentals of Synoptic Meteorology

Aerosol formation: annual cycle and synoptic meteorology

Aerosol formation over the Boreal forest in Hyytiälä, Finland: monthly frequency and annual cycles – the roles of air mass characteristics and synoptic scale meteorology E. D. Nilsson and M. Kulmala Stockholm University, Department of Applied Environmental Science, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland Received: 29 ...

Weather and Forecasting

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Weather and Climate Forecasting

The Biblical quotation above is an ancient example of attempting to make meteorological predictions based on empirical observations. The idea it contains tends to work as a forecasting scheme, and it has been expressed in many different ways in the subsequent 2,000 years. it is one of many sayings and rhymes of folklore that provide a qualitative description of the weather. In the 17th century,...

Development and Testing of Polar Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Part I: Greenland Ice Sheet Meteorology*

A polar-optimized version of the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) was developed to fill climate and synoptic needs of the polar science community and to achieve an improved regional performance. To continue the goal of enhanced polar mesoscale modeling, polar optimization should now be applied toward the state-of-the-a...