Project Wind - Experiments with the UK Meteorological Office Mesoscale Model

Abstract

A preliminary report describing the first three numerical experiments carried out on the UK Meteorological Office (UKMO) mesoscale model using project WIND (Phase 1) data was prepared in Sept 1987. This present report incorporates the results described in that report and goes on to describe subsequent work carried to March 1989. This included: a) Further analysis of the results of experiments 1, 2, and 3; b) experiment 4, incorporating a change of surface albedo; c) experiments with a single-column version of the MO model; and d) the development of a computer program to carry out three-dimensional objective analyses of project WIND data. Conclusions drawn from these experiments stress the implications of the results for future development of the hierarchy of models, particularly SIGMET, at the Atmospheric sciences lab (ASL).Keywords: Atmosphere models; Computerized simulation; Wind/Air flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212291

Entities

People

  • R. P. Pearce

Organizations

  • University of Reading

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Availability
  • Boundary Layer
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Grids
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.