N. Ramanathan et K. Srinivasan, AN ESTIMATION OF OPTIMUM GRID SIZE FOR KASHMIR-VALLEY BY SPECTRAL METHOD, Journal of applied meteorology, 34(12), 1995, pp. 2783-2786
In many of the short-range numerical weather prediction models, an acc
urate specification of grid size is essential in mountainous and valle
y regions to adequately represent terrain forcing without resorting to
subgrid-scale parameterization. Since the geomorphology of the earth
is quite varied, an improper specification of grid size will neither b
e adequate nor realistic. In this study, the spectral method is used t
o determine the required optimum horizontal grid size for numerical si
mulations enclosing Kashmir Valley and its surroundings.