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    A Nonhydrostatic Version of the Penn State–NCAR Mesoscale Model: Validation Tests and Simulation of an Atlantic Cyclone and Cold Front

    Source: Monthly Weather Review:;1993:;volume( 121 ):;issue: 005::page 1493
    Author:
    Dudhia, Jimy
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<1493:ANVOTP>2.0.CO;2
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: A nonhydrostatic extension to the Pennsylvania State University-NCAR Mesoscale Model is presented. This new version employs reference pressure as the basis for a terrain-following vertical coordinate and the fully compressible system of equations. In combination with the existing initialization techniques and physics of the current hydrostatic model, this provides a model capable of real-data simulations on any scale, limited only by data resolution and quality and by computer resources. The model uses pressure perturbation and temperature as prognostic variables as well as a B-grid staggering in contrast to most current nonhydrostatic models. The compressible equations are solved with a split-time- step approach where sound waves are treated semi-implicitly on the shorter step. Numerical techniques and finite differencing are described. Two-dimensional tests of flow over a bell-shaped hill on a range of scales were carded out with the hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic models to contrast the two and to verify the dynamics of the new version. Several three-dimensional real-data simulations show the potential use of grid-nesting applications whereby the model is initialized from a coarser hydrostatic or nonhydrostatic model output by interpolation to a smaller grid area of typically between two and four times finer resolution. This approach is illustrated by a simulation of a cold front within a developing midlatitude cyclone, and a comparison of the front to observations of similar features. The cold-frontal boundary was sharply defined at low levels and consisted of narrow linear updraft cores. At 2?4-km altitude this structure gave way to a more diffuse boundary with apparent mixing. Mechanisms are presented to explain these features in terms of inertial and shearing instability. Convection embedded in the frontal band formed a prefrontal line at later stages. Finally, sensitivity studies showed that the frontal band owed its narrowness to the concentrating effect of latent heating. The frontal ascending branch was supplied by a strong easterly ageostrophic flow in the warm sector.
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    contributor authorDudhia, Jimy
    date accessioned2017-06-09T16:09:22Z
    date available2017-06-09T16:09:22Z
    date copyright1993/05/01
    date issued1993
    identifier issn0027-0644
    identifier otherams-62194.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4203059
    description abstractA nonhydrostatic extension to the Pennsylvania State University-NCAR Mesoscale Model is presented. This new version employs reference pressure as the basis for a terrain-following vertical coordinate and the fully compressible system of equations. In combination with the existing initialization techniques and physics of the current hydrostatic model, this provides a model capable of real-data simulations on any scale, limited only by data resolution and quality and by computer resources. The model uses pressure perturbation and temperature as prognostic variables as well as a B-grid staggering in contrast to most current nonhydrostatic models. The compressible equations are solved with a split-time- step approach where sound waves are treated semi-implicitly on the shorter step. Numerical techniques and finite differencing are described. Two-dimensional tests of flow over a bell-shaped hill on a range of scales were carded out with the hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic models to contrast the two and to verify the dynamics of the new version. Several three-dimensional real-data simulations show the potential use of grid-nesting applications whereby the model is initialized from a coarser hydrostatic or nonhydrostatic model output by interpolation to a smaller grid area of typically between two and four times finer resolution. This approach is illustrated by a simulation of a cold front within a developing midlatitude cyclone, and a comparison of the front to observations of similar features. The cold-frontal boundary was sharply defined at low levels and consisted of narrow linear updraft cores. At 2?4-km altitude this structure gave way to a more diffuse boundary with apparent mixing. Mechanisms are presented to explain these features in terms of inertial and shearing instability. Convection embedded in the frontal band formed a prefrontal line at later stages. Finally, sensitivity studies showed that the frontal band owed its narrowness to the concentrating effect of latent heating. The frontal ascending branch was supplied by a strong easterly ageostrophic flow in the warm sector.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleA Nonhydrostatic Version of the Penn State–NCAR Mesoscale Model: Validation Tests and Simulation of an Atlantic Cyclone and Cold Front
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume121
    journal issue5
    journal titleMonthly Weather Review
    identifier doi10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<1493:ANVOTP>2.0.CO;2
    journal fristpage1493
    journal lastpage1513
    treeMonthly Weather Review:;1993:;volume( 121 ):;issue: 005
    contenttypeFulltext
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