The lectures in this 2002 book cover numerical weather prediction, chaotic atmospheric dynamics and atmospheric modelling.

Introduction J. C. R. Hunt, J. Norbury and I. Roulstone; 1. A view of the equations of meteorological dynamics and various approximations A. A. White; 2. Extended-geostrophic Euler-Poincaré models for mesoscale oceanographic flow J. S. Allen, D. D. Holm and P. A. Newberger; 3. Fast singular oscillating limits of stably stratified three-dimensional Euler-Boussinesq equations and ageostrophic wave fronts A. Babin, A. Mahalov and B. Nicolaenko; 4. New mathematical developments in atmosphere and ocean dynamics, and their application to computer simulations M. J. P. Cullen; 5. Rearrangements of functions with applications to meteorology and ideal fluid flow R. J. Douglas; 6. Statistical methods in atmospheric dynamics: probability metrics and discrepancy measures as a means of defining balance S. Baigent and J. Norbury.