On Tribbia's High-Order Initialization Procedure

Bradley A. Ballish Development Division, National Meteorological Center, NMC, NWS/NOAA, Washington. DC 20233

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Abstract

A simple alternative formula for normal Mode initialization is shown to be exactly equivalent to Tribbia's procedure. It is then argued that although Tribbia's procedure gives excellent results for some problems, it can have convergence problems in other cases.

Abstract

A simple alternative formula for normal Mode initialization is shown to be exactly equivalent to Tribbia's procedure. It is then argued that although Tribbia's procedure gives excellent results for some problems, it can have convergence problems in other cases.

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