Development of an Unified Atmospheric Model (NUMA)

Abstract

We are interested in constructing numerical methods for constructing non-hydrostatic mesoscale and global atmospheric models (for NWP applications); this is a unified model. The reason for this is economics - one (production) model is cheaper to support. Currently, in the U.S. there is a movement to construct one NWP model (NWS, Navy, and Air Force). This National Board (NUOPC=National Unified Operational Prediction Capability) aims to develop a new model that is: 1. Highly scalable on current and future computer architectures 2. Global model that is valid at the meso-scale (i.e., non-hydrostatic) 3. Applicable to medium-range NWP 4. Applicable to decadal time-scales The following talk outlines a model development effort to meet these needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 2010
Accession Number
ADA547007

Entities

People

  • Emil Constantinescu
  • Frank Giraldo
  • Jim Kelly

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Equations
  • Euler Equations
  • Galerkin Method
  • Information Operations
  • Integrators
  • Mathematics
  • Mountains
  • Polynomials
  • Ridges
  • Scalability

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design