Atmospheric Convection: Research and Operational Forecasting Aspects

This book treats atmospheric convection from different angles including the theoretical aspects of atmospheric deep convection and the weather phenomena related to convection. The problem of boundary conditions that result in severe convective weather patterns is explored within the framework of worldwide climatology. The book bridges the gap between theory and its operational application both within the fields of weather forecasting and that of risk management.

Autorentext

Dario B. Giaiotti, ARPA FVG OSMER, Udine, Italy

Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Austria

Fulvio Stel, ARPA FVG OSMER, Udine, Italy

Zusammenfassung

A book on atmospheric convection treated in detail from different angles including the theoretical aspects of atmospheric deep convection and the weather phenomena related to convection. The problem of boundary conditions that result in severe convective weather patterns is explored within the framework of worldwide climatology and weather forecasting, including forecast verification, by means of their dynamic and thermodynamic properties. The book aims to bridge the gap between theory and its operational application both within the fields of weather forecasting and that of risk management. It addresses itself to meteorologists, physicists and weather forecasters, but will also be invaluable to PhD students attending courses on environment fluid dynamics and meteorology. Each chapter is practically self-contained and there are no propaedeutic sections that the reader needs to peruse before moving on to the more advanced ones.

Inhalt
An Overview of Atmospheric Convection.- The Concept of Buoyancy and Its Application to Deep Moist Convection.- Pressure Fluctuations Associated with Deep Moist Convection.- Convective Storm Initiation and Organization.- Supercell Thunderstorms.- Tornadoes and Tornadogenesis.- Dynamical Aspects of Topography: The Role of Obstacles.- Thermodynamic Aspects of Topography: the Role of Elevation.- Topography: the Global Player in Meteorology.- Environmental Conditions Associated with Convective Phenomena: Proximity Soundings.- Development and Use of Climatologies of Convective Weather.- Ingredients-Based Forecasting.- Practical Aspects of Forecasting Severe Convection in the United States: Environmental Conditions and Initiation.- Practical Aspects of Forecasting Severe Convection in the United States: Storm Evolution and Warning.- General considerations on the operational forecasts of severe convective events: from medium to short range.- General considerations on the operational forecasts of severe convective events: from short range to nowcasting.- Weather Forecast Verification.