Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling

Introduction -- Basic set of equations -- Simplification of the basic equations -- Averaging the conservation relations -- Physical and analytical modeling -- Coordinate transformations -- Parameterization-averaged subgrid-scale fluxes -- Averaged radiation flux divergence -- Parameterization of moist thermodynamic processes -- Methods of solution -- Boundary and initial conditions -- Model evaluation -- Examples of mesoscale models -- Appendix A: The solution of eqs. (10-28) and (10-47) -- Appendix B: Model summaries -- Appendix C: Summary of several cumulus cloud parameterization schemes -- Appendix D: BATS, LAPS, and LEAF comparison tables -- Appendix E: Summary of datasets (2000).