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A Vertically Flow-following Icosahedral Grid Model For Medium-range and Seasonal Prediction. Part I: Model Description

Abstract

A hydrostatic global weather prediction model based on an icosahedral horizontal grid and a hybrid terrain-following/isentropic vertical coordinate is described. The model is an extension to three spatial dimensions of a previously developed, icosahedral, shallow-water model featuring user-selectable horizontal resolution and employing indirect addressing techniques. The vertical grid is adaptive to maximize the portion of the atmosphere mapped into the isentropic coordinate subdomain. The model, best described as a stacked shallow-water model, is being tested extensively on real-time medium-range forecasts to ready it for possible inclusion in operational multimodel ensembles for medium-range to seasonal prediction.

Article / Publication Data
Active/Online
YES
Volume
143
Available Metadata
Accepted On
February 04, 2015
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Fiscal Year
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Peer Reviewed
YES
Publication Name
Monthly Weather Review
Published On
June 01, 2015
Publisher Name
American Meteorological Society
Print Volume
143
Print Number
6
Page Range
2386–2403
Issue
6
Submitted On
September 10, 2014
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Authors

Authors who have authored or contributed to this publication.

  • Rainer Bleck - lead Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory
  • Stanley G. Benjamin - third Gsl
    Federal
  • John M. Brown - fourth Gsl
    Federal
  • Michael Fiorino - fifth Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory
  • thomas B. henderson - sixth Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory
  • Jacques Middlecoff - tenth Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory
  • James Rosinski - eleventh Gsl
    Other
  • Tatiana (Tanya) R. Smirnova - twelveth Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory
  • Shan Sun - thirteenth Gsl
    Federal
  • Ning Wang - fourteenth Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory