Dynamical kernel of the Aladin-NH spectral limited-area model: Revised formulation and sensitivity experiments

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 646, 2010, Pages 155-169

  Benard P ^a   Vivoda, J ^b   Mascaronek, J ^b   Smolikova P ^c   Yessad, K ^a   Smith, C ^d   Brozkova R ^c   Geleyn, J F ^a,c  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b Slovak Hydro meteorological Institute   (Slovakia)

^c Czech Hydro Meteorological Institute   (Czech Republic)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euler equations; Semi implicit scheme; Semi Lagrangian scheme; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DISCRETIZATIONS; LIMITED AREA MODELS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL FORMULATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; SEMI-IMPLICIT SCHEME; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN SCHEME; SPACE AND TIME; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DATA PROCESSING; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EULER EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77249110294     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.522     Document Type: Article

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