Development of operational NHM (JMA-NHM)

The Meteorological Research Institute and the Numerical Prediction Division of JMA have started a joint program to develop an operational NWP nonhydrostatic model "JMA-NHM".

Fujita et al., 2002; extended abstract of 15th AMS Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.

Saito 2002; Time-spliting of gravity waves in the Meteorological Research Institute/Numerical Prediction Division unified Nonhydrostatic Model

Documentation L2.Development for an operational NWP model at JMA

Example of forecast by NHM with 10 km horizontal resolution

    06 UTC 29 March 2002 Initial; Mean Sea Level Pressure and Rainfall

    06 UTC 29 March 2002 Initial; Weather Map