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Thomas T. Warner, 2011: Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction. Cambridge. 526 pp. http://webcat2.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9951214 .
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/numerical-weather-and-climate-prediction/48312A47D19038F6503BB4E69D3B03A6
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Jean Coiffier, 2011: Fundamentals of Numerical Weather Prediction. Cambridge. 340 pp. http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=8833431 .
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fundamentals-of-numerical-weather-prediction/9113980F4309886F58C0E8C64853E130
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Mark Z. Jacobson, 2005:
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http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=9968667 .
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Roland Stull, 2017: Practical Meteorology, An Algebra Based Survey of Atmospheric Science. 938 pp. Creative Commons license. https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/ . In particular, we use Chapter 20 Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). . Errata .
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COMET/MetEd Operational Models Encyclopedia (updated 2024): https://sites.google.com/ucar.edu/operational-models-encyclo/home
Also: Applied NWP Course (2022-2023) has 6 modules: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/course/118
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Haraldur Olafsson & Jian-Wen Bao (editors), 2020: Uncertainties in Numerical Weather Prediction. Elsevier, 364 pages. ISBN-13 : 978-0128154915.
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As a web version: https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/technotes%3A588
As a downloadable pdf version: https://opensky.ucar.edu/system/files/2024-08/technotes_588.pdf
List of recent WRF Tech Notes: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/technote/contents.html
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