GEM4 dynamics

Documentation

GEM4: C. Girard & A. Plante (RPN/CMC)

• C. Girard, A. Plante et al. (2013): Staggered Vertical Discretization of the Canadian Environmental Multiscale (GEM) Model Using a Coordinate of the Log-Hydrostatic-Pressure Type
• C. Girard, A. Plante et al. (2011): GEM4.1: A non-hydrostatic atmospheric model (Euler equations)
• C. Girard, A. Plante et al. (2011): GEM4.2: A non-hydrostatic atmospheric model (Euler equations)
• C. Girard, A. Plante et al.: Options for Semi-Lagrangian Trajectory Calculations

GEM4: R. Laprise (UQAM)

• R. Laprise (2015): Formulation dynamique de GEM4
                               Section 1 : Les équations continues
                               Section 1 : Les équations continues Annexes
                               Section 2 : Les équations discrètes à la verticale et dans le temps
                               Section 2 : Les équations discrètes à la verticale et dans le temps Annexes

Références

• Caya, A., R. Laprise and P. Zwack, 1998: Consequences of using process splitting for implementing physical forcings in a semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 126(6), 1707-1713.

• Girard, C., A. Plante, M. Desgagné, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Côté, M. Charron, S. Gravel, V. Lee, A. Patoine, A. Qaddouri, M. Roch, L. Spacek, M. Tanguay, P. A. Vaillancourt and A. Zadra, 2014: Staggered Vertical Discretization of the Canadian Environmental Multiscale (GEM) Model Using a Coordinate of the Log-Hydrostatic-Pressure Type. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 1183–1196.

• Girard, C., and A. Plante, 2013: GEM4.2: A non-hydrostatic atmospheric model (Euler equations) in terrain-following vertical coordinate of the log-hydrostatic-pressure type vertically discretized on a Charney-Phillips grid with simple differences and means, Revision 2. Notes internes. Recherches en prévision numérique, Environment Canada, 59 pp. La version 2011 “GEM4.1 - Revision 1” du document est disponible au site (accédé le 4 février 2015)

• Kasahara, A., 1974: Various vertical coordinate systems used for numerical weather prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev. 102, 509-522. See also corrigendum: Mon. Wea. Rev. 103, 664.

• Laprise, R., 1992: The Euler equation of motion with hydrostatic pressure as independent coordinate. Mon. Wea. Rev. 120(1), 197-207.

• Rivest, C., A. Staniforth, and A. Robert, 1994: Spurious resonant response of semi-Lagrangian discretizations to orographic forcing: Diagnosis and solution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 366–376.

• Yeh, K.-S., J. Côté, S. Gravel, A. Méthot, A. Patoine, M. Roch and A. Staniforth, 2002: The CMC­MRB Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) Model. Part III: Nonhydrostatic Formulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 339­356.