Table of contents

Chapter 8: Part I: MM5 Dynamics and Numerics

Outline

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MM5 Model

Basic Equations

Slide 6

Slide 7

Slide 8

Slide 9

Slide 10

Notes about the equations

Temporal finite differencing

Slide 13

Semi-implicit short steps

Slide 15

Implicit schemes in MM5

Time-splitting in MM5

Spatial finite differencing

Filters and smoothing

Lateral Boundary Conditions

Upper Boundary Condition

Lower Boundary Condition

Nesting

Slide 24

Slide 25

Slide 26

FDDA

FDDA (cont)

FDDA (cont)

Slide 30

Obs nudging (cont)

Slide 32

The End

Author: Cindy Bruyere

E-mail: bruyerec@ucar.edu