Dynamics of limited-area models: Formulation and numerical methods

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-14

  Mesinger, F ^a,b  

^a UCAR Visitor Research Program   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744441320     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01025360     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Anonymous, 1993: Limited Fine-mesh Model celebrates 21 years of operation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 110.
2. Arakawa, A., 1984: Boundary conditions in limited-area models. Lectures Presented at the Workshop on Limited-Area Numerical Weather Prediction Models for Computers of Limited Power. Part III. Short- and Medium-Range Weather Prediction Research Publication Series, No. 13, WMO, 403-434.
3. Arakawa, A., 1988: Finite-difference methods in climate modeling. In: Schlesinger, M. E. (ed.) Physically-Based Modelling and Simulation of Climate and Climatic Change. Part I. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, pp. 79-168.
4. Arakawa, A., Konor, C. S., 1994: A generalized vertical coordinate and the choice of vertical grid for atmospheric models. In: Grønäs, S., Shapiro, M. A. (eds.) The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, Vol. III, Bergen, Norway, Geophys. Inst., Univ. Bergen, 259-264.
5. Arakawa, A., Konor, C. S., 1996: Vertical differencing of the primitive equations based on the Charney-Phillips grid in hybrid σ-p vertical coordinates. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 511-528.
6. Arakawa, A., Lamb, V. R., 1977: Computational design of the basic dynamical processes of the UCLA general circulation model. In: Chang, J. (ed.) Methods in Computational Physics, Vol. 17, General Circulation Models of the Atmosphere. New York: Academic Press, pp. 173-265.
7. Arakawa, A., Lamb, V. R., 1981: A potential enstropy and energy-conserving scheme for the shallow water equations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 18-36.
8. Bates, J. R., Li, Y., Brandt, A., McCormick, S. R., Ruge, J., 1995: A global shallow water numerical model based on the semi-Lagrangain advection of potential vorticity. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 1981-2005.
9. Bates, J. R., McDonald, A., 1982: Multiply-upstream, semi-Lagrangian advective schemes: Analysis and application to a multilevel primitive equation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 1831-1842.
10. Bates, J. R., Moorthi, S., Higgins, R. W., 1993: A global multilevel atmospheric model using a vector semi-Lagrangian finite-difference scheme. Part I: Adiabatic formulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 244-263.
11. Bengtsson, L., 1991: Advances and prospects in numerical weather prediction. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 117, 855-902.
12. Black, T. L., 1994: The new NMC mesoscale Eta Model: Description and Forecast Examples. Wea. Forecasting, 9, 265-278.
13. Bleck, R., 1984: Linear advection. Lecturs Presented at the Workshop on Limited-Area Numerical Weather Prediction Models for Computers of Limited Power. Pan I. Short- and Medium-Range Weather Prediction Research Publication Series, No. 8, WMO, 105-114.
14. White, A. A., Bromley, R. A., 1995: Dynamically consistent, quasi-hydrostatic equations for global models with a complete representation of the Coriolis force. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 399-418.
15. Zalesak, S. T., 1979: Fully multidimensional flux-corrected transport algorithms for fluids. J. Comput. Phys., 31, 335-362.