AHS467

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Numerical Weather Prediction

Atmospheric & Earth Sciences Undergraduate College of Science and Engineering

Prefix

AHS

Course Number

467

Course ID

00150106-2024-05-13

Course Level

Undergraduate

Instructional Type

Lecture

Grade Type

A-F Only

College/School

College of Science and Engineering

Description

Basic concepts of numerical weather prediction (NWP) including: the history of NWP models, necessary assumptions, common methods of solutions to the primitive equations, model initialization and data assimilation, parameterization schemes, and ensemble forecast systems. Rationale for different NWP systems, sources of errors in forecasts, and best practices when interpreting output of numerical models.