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Weather forecasting or weather prediction is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time. People have attempted to predict the weather informally for thousands of years and formally since the 19th century. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Weather forecastingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Comparison of machine learning methods for photovoltaic power forecasting based on numerical weather predictionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Meteorology todayThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A time-split nonhydrostatic atmospheric model for weather research and forecasting applicationsCited 1,905 times
- Go sideways: Numerical weather predictionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Atmospheric modelA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The science of using meteorology to predict future weather.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A time-split nonhydrostatic atmospheric model for weather research and forecasting applications
Accurate medium-range global weather forecasting with 3D neural networks
Learning skillful medium-range global weather forecasting
Weather Forecasting for Weather Derivatives
Space Weather Forecasting
WEATHER FORECASTING
Forecasting the Weather
Weather Forecasting
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Meteorology todayC. Donald Ahrens · 1982
The Weather MachineAndrew Blum · 2018
Weather in 30 SecondsJen Green, Adam Scaife · 2015- 📕Forecast VerificationIan T. Jolliffe, David B. Stephenson · 2003
What Is a Forecast?Jennifer Boothroyd, Intuitive · 2014
WeatherGregory J. Hakim, Jérôme Patoux · 2017
Fundamentals of numerical weather predictionJean Coiffier · 2011
Operational Weather ForecastingSteve Dorling · 2012
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