A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE SMOOTHLY VARYING GRID-POINT HEIGHTS

Authors
STULL RB
Citation
Rb. Stull, A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE SMOOTHLY VARYING GRID-POINT HEIGHTS, Atmosphere-ocean, 34(3), 1996, pp. 581-588
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Atmosphere-ocean → ACNP
ISSN journal
07055900
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
581 - 588
Database
ISI
SICI code
0705-5900(1996)34:3<581:APTDSV>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A procedure is presented for mapping regularly spaced grid indices int o smoothly varying grid-cell-top heights. The total vertical domain is split into three regions of arbitrary vertical extent: a bottom regio n of uniform-size grid cells; a top region of uniform-size cells (but different than the bottom); and a middle transition region where cell sire varies smoothly between the top and bottom sizes. Four parameters specify the complete distribution of grid-cell tops.