Download or read book Modal View of Atmospheric Variability written by Nedjeljka Žagar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the theory and applications of the normal-mode functions in numerical weather prediction and weather and climate dynamics. The normal-mode functions, the eigensolutions of the linearized primitive equations describing the evolution of atmospheric winds and mass variables, have been used for a long time. They have played an important role in the development of data assimilation schemes and the initialization of numerical weather prediction models. Chapters also present how the normal modes can be applied to many theoretical and numerical problems in the atmospheric sciences, such as equatorial wave dynamics, baroclinic instability, energy transfers, and predictability across scales.