Flexible Radiation Codes for Numerical Weather Prediction Across Space and Time Scales

Abstract

We are adapting radiation codes developed for climate models for use in the Navy s global weather forecast model (NOGAPS/NAVGEM) and limited area model (COAMPS). Our long-term goal is to develop codes that are scale-aware, computationally efficient across a range of computer architectures, and operate continuously rather than at infrequent radiation time steps .

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA597696

Entities

People

  • Robert Pincus

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Accuracy
  • Air Temperature
  • Broadband
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Errors
  • Frequency
  • Meteorology
  • Models
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Sampling
  • Scale Models
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space