AN EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE METHOD OF CONTINUOUS-TIME INTERPOLATION OF LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS

Authors
VANDENDOOL HM QIN J
Citation
Hm. Vandendool et J. Qin, AN EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE METHOD OF CONTINUOUS-TIME INTERPOLATION OF LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS, Monthly weather review, 124(5), 1996, pp. 964-971
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Monthly weather review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00270644
Volume
124
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
964 - 971
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-0644(1996)124:5<964:AEAAMO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A method for time interpolation based on the climatological speed of l arge-scale atmospheric waves that is empirically determined is propose d. when rested on a 7-yr dataset this method is found to be easy to us e, has good accuracy, and is, in fact, considerably more accurate than the much used linear time interpolation. The gain in accuracy is part icularly large for mobile synoptic waves. Several applications of a ti me-continuous description of the atmosphere are discussed.