Rhomboidal versus triangular spherical harmonic truncation: Some verification statistics
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- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Atmosphere-Ocean
- Vol. 16 (2) , 187-196
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.1978.9649026
Abstract
In the construction of global primitive equation models, based on the spherical harmonic method, two forms of truncation are in general use. Theoretical considerations suggest the triangular truncation method is superior, but the easily coded rhomboidal truncation is more commonly used. A verification experiment employing the Canadian Operational Spectral Model has been performed to determine if the theoretical superiority of the triangular truncation can be realized in practice. It was found that at least in the restricted case of extra‐tropical forecasts of less than 48 h, that the two truncation methods produced forecasts of equivalent accuracy.Keywords
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