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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-977-2017
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© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Development and technical paper
| 
27 Feb 2017
Development and technical paper |
| 27 Feb 2017
On the numerical stability of surface–atmosphere coupling in weather and climate models
Anton Beljaars
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Park,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Emanuel Dutra
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Park,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências,
Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Gianpaolo Balsamo
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Park,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Florian Lemarié
Inria, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LJK, Grenoble 38000, France
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Short summary
Coupling an atmospheric model with snow and sea ice modules presents numerical stability challenges in integrations with long time steps as commonly used for weather prediction and climate simulations. Explicit flux coupling is often applied for simplicity. In this paper a simple method is presented to stabilize the coupling without having to introduce fully implicit coupling. A formal stability analysis confirms that the method is unconditionally stable.
Coupling an atmospheric model with snow and sea ice modules presents numerical stability...
