Abstract

A terrain-following coordinate transformation is introduced into a small-scale meteorological model by using a variational approach based on the Hamiltonian principle. The coordinate transformation is explicitly formulated in the corresponding Lagrange function. In this way, limitations on orography steepness can be easily obtained. An example of a mountain wave calculation with the small-scale model is given.

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