On the effect of model resolution on numerical simulation of blocking

S. Tibaldi; L. R. Ji

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v35i1.11415

On the effect of model resolution on numerical simulation of blocking

Tellus

Volume 35 (1983): Issue 1

By: S. Tibaldi and L. R. Ji

Open Access

|Jan 1983

Abstract

A numerical case study of blocking is discussed briefly. The results indicate that model resolution seems to play a major role in the success of the simulation. It is argued that the effect of the initial conditions is somewhat less important than normally considered. The model used for all the experiments is the ECMWF spectral model.

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