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Hi CrysPhys Thanks for replying; unfortunately, I lost contact with former classmates, it's been several years now, but I know that some are working in the portuguese institute in which the national weather forecasts are prepared, and others are working under poorly payed research grants. I...

Summary:: I'm a portuguese citizen, holding a BSc in Meteorology, Oceanography and Geophysics, and I've been applying for job opportunities related to weather forecasting, internationally. I have no experience in it whatsoever, and I would probably require sponsoring. Is it reasonable to...

You'll find lots of great, classic textbooks from this archive: http://www.archive.org/details/texts They seem to have their copyrights expired, due to the age of original publication, so I think they are all legal. Still very useful for most purposes.

Thanks, that's just what I was looking for.

Thanks for the feedback, it sure looks like a beautiful theory, and well worth getting into.

Do you happen to know of an active forum for meteorologists to discuss the latest advances in dynamic and physical meteorology, and other weather-related, scientific topics? I can't seem to find any decent ones. Thanks

Hi everyone, I'm already familiar with, and have used Lagrangians and Euler-Lagrange equations. I'm interested in calculus of variations, but if it all boils down to solving euler-lagrange equations (and this is probably the part where I'm mistaken), then what's the point? Please tell me if...