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Documentation of the Meteorological research Institute/ Numerical prediction Division unified Nonhydrostatic Model. by K. Saito, T. Kato, H. Eito and C. Muroi

submitted to the Technical Reports of the MRI (revised, 6 November 2000)

Contents, Preface, and Model overview

C-1. The governing equations

C-2. Fundamental equations in terrain-following coordinates

C-3. Pressure equations

D-1,2. Grid structure and Finite discretization form

D-3. Pessure equation solver

E. Initiation of the model

F. Boundary conditions

G. Physical processes and diffusion

H. Examples of numerical simulations

• H1. Basic verification against 3-D linear mountain waves
• H2. Forecast experiment of the 1993 Kagoshima torrential rain
• H3. Statistical verification of rainfall prediction
• H4. Cloud resolving simulation of marine storatocumulus

I. Model code structure

J. Relevant utilities

K. User's guide to running the model

L. Remarks on underway development