¥Weather models are based on mathematical equations that retain the most important
aspects of atmospheric
behavior
¥ - Newton's
2nd Law (density, press, wind)
¥ - Conservation
of mass (density, wind)
¥ - Conservation
of energy (temp, wind)
¥ - Equation
of state (density, press, temp)
¥Governing equations relate time changes of fields to spatial distributions of the
fields
¥ e.g. warm to south + southerly
winds Þ warming