Variable Resolution Techniques for Weather Prediction
Jean Côté
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SUMMARY
This paper presents a brief overview of a few variable resolution techniques
in the context of the horizontal discretization of the meteorological equations.
These are the grid refinement method, the static and dynamic coordinate
transformation methods and the variable resolution in physical space method.
The latter is illustrated by a variable resolution reformulation of the
popular C-grid discretization suitable for use in a limited area model.