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Original Articles

The sensitivity of tropospheric numerical weather forecasts to increased vertical resolution and the incorporation of stratospheric data

Pages 53-64 | Received 19 Jul 1979, Published online: 15 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

A series of experiments was carried out to determine the sensitivity of an operational numerical weather prediction model to increased vertical resolution and the addition of stratospheric levels. Emphasis is placed on the planetary waves, since recent theoretical investigations indicate that the structure of these waves is greatly influenced by a model's vertical configuration.

It is shown that the sensitivity is low and that only a small reduction of forecast error in the planetary waves is achieved by augmented vertical structure.

Résumé

Une série d'expériences ont été effectuées avec un modèle de prévision numerique d’ exploitation dans le but de déterminer la sensibilité de ce modèle à une augmentation de la résolution verticale et à l'addition de niveaux de calcul dans la stratosphère. L'emphase est mise sur les ondes planétaires vu que de récentes études théoriques ont montré que ces ondes sont très sensibles à la structure verticale du modèle.

Ici les expériences indiquent une faible sensibilité du modèle d'exploitation, et l'erreur de prédiction des ondes planétaires n'est que peu réduite lorsque la résolution verticale est accrue.

Notes

Current affiliation: Canadian Climate Centre, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downs view, Ontario.

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