Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction
'Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction is an excellent book for those who want a comprehensive introduction to numerical modeling of the atmosphere and Earth system, whether their interest is in weather forecasting, climate modeling, or many other applications of numerical models. The book is comprehensive, well written, and contains clear and informative illustrations.'  Dr. Richard A. Anthes, President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder'Tom Warner's book is a rich, effectively written and comprehensive detailed summary of the field of atmospheric modeling from local to global scales. It should be in the library of all meteorologists, climate researchers, and other scientists who are interested in the capabilities, strengths and weaknesses of modeling.'  Professor Roger A. Pielke, Sr., Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins'Tom Warner has taught Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction courses for over thirty years at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also has been one of the principle developers of numerical models widely used in the atmospheric science community, and has a long history of applying such codes. This extensive background gives Professor Warner a unique insight into how models work, how to use them, where their problems lie, and how to explain all of this to students. His book assumes students have a basic understanding of atmospheric science. It covers all aspects of modeling one might expect, such as numerical techniques, but also some that might be unexpected such as ensemble modeling, initialization, and error growth. Today most students have become model users instead of model developers. Fewer and fewer peer into the models they use beyond the narrow regions that may directly interest them. With hundreds of thousands of lines of code, and groups of developers working on individual parts of the code, very few can say they truly understand all the parts of a model. Professor Warner's textbook should help both the student and the more advanced user of codes better appreciate and understand the numerical models that have come to dominate atmospheric science.'  Professor Brian Toon, Chair, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder'Tom's new book covers an impressive range of need-to-know material spanning traditional and cutting-edge atmospheric modeling topics.  It should be required reading for all model users and aspiring model developers, and it will be a required text for my NWP students.'  Professor David R. Stauffer, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University'The book addresses many practical issues in modern numerical weather prediction. It is particularly suitable for the students and scientists who use numerical models for their research and applications. While there have already been a few excellent textbooks that provide fundamental theory of NWP, this book offers complementary materials, which is useful for understanding of key components of operational numerical weather forecasting.'  Professor Zhaoxia Pu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah