Woods, Austin. <br/><br/>
Medium-Range Weather Prediction  The European Approach /  [recurso electrónico] : 
by Austin Woods. 
 - XV, 270 p.  online resource. 
<br/><br/>The first Director -- The beginnings - the political background -- Meteorological developments 1967 to 1971 -- The Project Study -- The Convention -- In the United Kingdom -- 1794 to 1980: The Formative Years -- The Analysis System - OI to 4D-Var -- The Medium-Range Model -- Ensemble prediction - forecasting the error -- Seasonal prediction -- Wave prediction -- Data from on high -- Re-analysis - towards a new ERA -- Archives and Graphics: towards MARS, MAGICS and Metview -- The computer system: CDC, Cray, Fujitsu, IBM -- Communicating the forecasts: mail and 50 baud to RMDCN -- Commercial issues -- The Staff -- And the outlook is ?. 
<br/><br/> This book provides an overview of the early years of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and reviews the work of the institute over the past 30 years. As such it describes the European approach to medium-range weather forecasting. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780387269290  99780387269290 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/b138324  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>METEOROLOGY.<br/>REMOTE SENSING.<br/>CLIMATIC CHANGES.<br/>GEOSCIENCES.<br/>METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY.<br/>APPLIED GEOSCIENCES.<br/>COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN GEOSCIENCES.<br/>REMOTE SENSING/PHOTOGRAMMETRY.<br/>CLIMATE CHANGE.