Impact of Resolution on Extended-Range Multi-Scale Simulations

Abstract

In this project we diagnose and characterize model error as a function of resolution in extended-range (monthly) prediction using a linked global (NAVGEM) and regional coupled (COAMPS ) forecast system. Diagnosing and understanding the characteristics of model error as a function of horizontal resolution is a necessary step toward our long-term goal of producing useful extended-range predictions, and will set the groundwork for the development of the seamless weather-climate Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC). Nesting a cloud-resolving model inside a hydrostatic global model serves as a bridge toward the next generation high-resolution global cloud-resolving modeling capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598100

Entities

People

  • Carolyn A. Reynolds

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Electronic Mail
  • High Resolution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Oscillation
  • Precipitation
  • Scale Models
  • Sensitivity
  • Simulations
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers