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Local error propagation in a global spectral shallow water model: Its implication for regional forecast modelling: Research note

Pages 679-689 | Received 18 Apr 1988, Published online: 15 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

Inaccuracies in the data at the boundaries of a limited area may be a major source of forecast errors in that area. With a global spectral shallow water model we show that the major part of these local errors propagate from the boundaries at a speed equal to the local wind speed with a maximum speed of propagation along the jet stream. Thus, taking into account the forecast length and the accuracy of the data at the boundaries in limited‐area models, one needs to adjust the extent of the buffer region where errors propagate and contaminate the forecast.

Résumé

Les erreurs des données aux frontières d'une région limitée peuvent être la cause principale de l'erreur dans la prévision de cette région. À l'aide d'un modèle spectral global barotrope, on montre que l'erreur causée par des données erronnées à la frontière se propage à la vitesse du vent local et en particulier à la vitesse maximum dans le courant‐jet. Les modèles à région limitée doivent donc ajuster l'étendue de la zone tampon où ces erreurs se propagent à partir des frontières et réduisent la précision de la prévision, selon la longueur de la prévision ou selon le niveau de précision des données aux frontières.

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